Diagenesis of archaeological bone and tooth

C Kendall, AMH Eriksen, I Kontopoulos… - Palaeogeography …, 2018 - Elsevier
An understanding of the structural complexity of mineralised tissues is fundamental for
exploration into the field of diagenesis. Here we review aspects of current and past research …

Museum genomics

DC Card, B Shapiro, G Giribet, C Moritz… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Natural history collections are invaluable repositories of biological information that provide
an unrivaled record of Earth's biodiversity. Museum genomics—genomics research using …

[图书][B] Atlas of taphonomic identifications: 1001+ images of fossil and recent mammal bone modification

Y Fernández-Jalvo, P Andrews - 2016 - books.google.com
The aim of the atlas is to provide images of taphonomic modifications, making it as
comprehensive as possible with evidence presently available. This volume is intended both …

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 …

The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana

M Rasmussen, SL Anzick, MR Waters, P Skoglund… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Clovis, with its distinctive biface, blade and osseous technologies, is the oldest widespread
archaeological complex defined in North America, dating from 11,100 to 10,700 14C years …

Ancient DNA reveals key stages in the formation of central European mitochondrial genetic diversity

G Brandt, W Haak, CJ Adler, C Roth, A Szécsényi-Nagy… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The processes that shaped modern European mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation remain
unclear. The initial peopling by Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers~ 42,000 years ago and the …

From the field to the laboratory: Controlling DNA contamination in human ancient DNA research in the high-throughput sequencing era

B Llamas, G Valverde, L Fehren-Schmitz… - STAR: Science & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract High-Throughput DNA Sequencing (HTS) technologies have changed the way in
which we detect and assess DNA contamination in ancient DNA studies. Researchers use …

An efficient multistrategy DNA decontamination procedure of PCR reagents for hypersensitive PCR applications

S Champlot, C Berthelot, M Pruvost, EA Bennett… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background PCR amplification of minute quantities of degraded DNA for ancient DNA
research, forensic analyses, wildlife studies and ultrasensitive diagnostics is often hampered …

Protein Sequences from Mastodon and Tyrannosaurus Rex Revealed by Mass Spectrometry

JM Asara, MH Schweitzer, LM Freimark, M Phillips… - Science, 2007 - science.org
Fossilized bones from extinct taxa harbor the potential for obtaining protein or DNA
sequences that could reveal evolutionary links to extant species. We used mass …

DNA in ancient bone–Where is it located and how should we extract it?

PF Campos, OE Craig, G Turner-Walker… - Annals of Anatomy …, 2012 - Elsevier
Despite the widespread use of bones in ancient DNA (aDNA) studies, relatively little
concrete information exists in regard to how the DNA in mineralised collagen degrades, or …