Ancient DNA analysis

L Orlando, R Allaby, P Skoglund… - Nature reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Although the first ancient DNA molecules were extracted more than three decades ago, the
first ancient nuclear genomes could only be characterized after high-throughput sequencing …

A large genome center's improvements to the Illumina sequencing system

MA Quail, I Kozarewa, F Smith, A Scally, PJ Stephens… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Abstract The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is one of the world's largest genome centers,
and a substantial amount of our sequencing is performed with'next-generation'massively …

Unearthing Neanderthal population history using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from cave sediments

B Vernot, EI Zavala, A Gómez-Olivencia, Z Jacobs… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The study of hominin history has progressed through both archaeological
and genetic insights. Although DNA sequencing from hominin skeletal remains allows the …

A high-coverage genome sequence from an archaic Denisovan individual

M Meyer, M Kircher, MT Gansauge, H Li, F Racimo… - Science, 2012 - science.org
We present a DNA library preparation method that has allowed us to reconstruct a high-
coverage (30×) genome sequence of a Denisovan, an extinct relative of Neandertals. The …

A draft sequence of the Neandertal genome

RE Green, J Krause, AW Briggs, T Maricic, U Stenzel… - science, 2010 - science.org
Neandertals, the closest evolutionary relatives of present-day humans, lived in large parts of
Europe and western Asia before disappearing 30,000 years ago. We present a draft …

Illumina sequencing library preparation for highly multiplexed target capture and sequencing

M Meyer, M Kircher - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2010 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
The large amount of DNA sequence data generated by high-throughput sequencing
technologies often allows multiple samples to be sequenced in parallel on a single …

Complete mitochondrial genomes of ancient canids suggest a European origin of domestic dogs

O Thalmann, B Shapiro, P Cui, VJ Schuenemann… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The geographic and temporal origins of the domestic dog remain controversial, as genetic
data suggest a domestication process in East Asia beginning 15,000 years ago, whereas …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic analyses of hair from Ludwig van Beethoven

TJA Begg, A Schmidt, A Kocher, MHD Larmuseau… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) remains among the most influential and
popular classical music composers. Health problems significantly impacted his career as a …

Single-stranded DNA library preparation from highly degraded DNA using T4 DNA ligase

MT Gansauge, T Gerber, I Glocke… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
DNA library preparation for high-throughput sequencing of genomic DNA usually involves
ligation of adapters to double-stranded DNA fragments. However, for highly degraded DNA …

Noninvasive detection of fetal trisomy 21 by sequencing of DNA in maternal blood: a study in a clinical setting

M Ehrich, C Deciu, T Zwiefelhofer, JA Tynan… - American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate a multiplexed massively parallel shotgun sequencing
assay for noninvasive trisomy 21 detection using circulating cell-free fetal DNA. STUDY …