▪ 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 …

In the past two decades, ancient DNA research has progressed from the retrieval of small
fragments of mitochondrial DNA from a few late Holocene specimens, to large-scale studies …

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 …

Bats make up more than 20% of extant mammals, yet their evolutionary history is largely
unknown because of a limited fossil record and conflicting or incomplete phylogenies. Here …

DNA that has been recovered from archaeological and palaeontological remains makes it
possible to go back in time and study the genetic relationships of extinct organisms to their …

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

Genetic analyses of permafrost and temperate sediments reveal that plant and animal DNA
may be preserved for long periods, even in the absence of obvious macrofossils. In Siberia …

The Southern Hemisphere has traditionally been considered as having a fundamentally
vicariant history. The common trans-Pacific disjunctions are usually explained by the …

Forensic DNA identification techniques are principally based on determination of the size or
sequence of desired PCR products. The fragmentation of DNA templates or the structural …

Although genomics has classically focused on pure, easy-to-obtain samples, such as
microbes that grow readily in culture or large animals and plants, these organisms represent …