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 …

Historical DNA (hDNA), obtained from museum and herbarium specimens, has yielded
spectacular new insights into the history of organisms. This includes documenting historical …

The domestication of animals led to a major shift in human subsistence patterns, from a
hunter–gatherer to a sedentary agricultural lifestyle, which ultimately resulted in the …

Natural history collections are invaluable repositories of biological information that provide
an unrivaled record of Earth's biodiversity. Museum genomics—genomics research using …

Although DNA is the carrier of genetic information, it has limited chemical stability.
Hydrolysis, oxidation and nonenzymatic methylation of DNA occur at significant rates in vivo …

With a standard set of primers directed toward conserved regions, we have used the
polymerase chain reaction to amplify homologous segments of mtDNA from more than 100 …

We have developed a DNA extraction procedure for milligram amounts of plant tissue.
Yields ranged from 0.3–200 nanograms of DNA per milligram of tissue. The factors affecting …

Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' The Human Bone
Manual is intended for use outside the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic …

Contents Summary 924 I. Introduction 925 II. Environmental and temporal limits for survival
of aDNA 925 III. Lake sediments 927 IV. Perspective for plant aDNA research 929 V …

Natural history museum collections provide unique resources for understanding how
species respond to environmental change, including the abrupt, anthropogenic climate …