Predicting the fate of eDNA in the environment and implications for studying biodiversity

JB Harrison, JM Sunday… - Proceedings of the …, 2019‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Environmental DNA (eDNA) applications are transforming the standard of characterizing
aquatic biodiversity via the presence, location and abundance of DNA collected from …

Genetic analyses from ancient DNA

S Pääbo, H Poinar, D Serre… - Annu. Rev …, 2004‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract About 20 years ago, DNA sequences were separately described from the quagga
(a type of zebra) and an ancient Egyptian individual. What made these DNA sequences …

Robust chemical preservation of digital information on DNA in silica with error‐correcting codes

RN Grass, R Heckel, M Puddu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Information, such as text printed on paper or images projected onto microfilm, can
survive for over 500 years. However, the storage of digital information for time frames …

Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleistocene cave bear reconstructed from ultrashort DNA fragments

J Dabney, M Knapp, I Glocke, MT Gansauge… - Proceedings of the …, 2013‏ - pnas.org
Although an inverse relationship is expected in ancient DNA samples between the number
of surviving DNA fragments and their length, ancient DNA sequencing libraries are strikingly …

A fast and efficient single-stranded genomic library preparation method optimized for ancient DNA

JD Kapp, RE Green, B Shapiro - Journal of Heredity, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
We present a protocol to prepare extracted DNA for sequencing on the Illumina sequencing
platform that has been optimized for ancient and degraded DNA. Our approach, the Santa …

Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse

L Orlando, A Ginolhac, G Zhang, D Froese… - Nature, 2013‏ - nature.com
The rich fossil record of equids has made them a model for evolutionary processes. Here we
present a 1.12-times coverage draft genome from a horse bone recovered from permafrost …

The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

ME Allentoft, M Collins, D Harker… - … of the Royal …, 2012‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Claims of extreme survival of DNA have emphasized the need for reliable models of DNA
degradation through time. By analysing mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 158 radiocarbon …

Accurate sex identification of ancient human remains using DNA shotgun sequencing

P Skoglund, J Storå, A Götherström… - Journal of archaeological …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Accurate identification of the biological sex of ancient remains is vital for critically testing
hypotheses about social structure in prehistoric societies. However, morphological methods …

The complete mitochondrial DNA genome of an unknown hominin from southern Siberia

J Krause, Q Fu, JM Good, B Viola, MV Shunkov… - Nature, 2010‏ - nature.com
With the exception of Neanderthals, from which DNA sequences of numerous individuals
have now been determined, the number and genetic relationships of other hominin lineages …

Comparing ancient DNA preservation in petrous bone and tooth cementum

HB Hansen, PB Damgaard, A Margaryan, J Stenderup… - PloS one, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
Large-scale genomic analyses of ancient human populations have become feasible partly
due to refined sampling methods. The inner part of petrous bones and the cementum layer …