Competitive mapping allows for the identification and exclusion of human DNA contamination in ancient faunal genomic datasets

Abstract Background After over a decade of developments in field collection, laboratory methods and advances in high-throughput sequencing, contamination remains a key issue in ancient DNA research. Currently, human and microbial contaminant DNA still impose challenges on cost-effective sequencing a...

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Main Authors: Tatiana R. Feuerborn, Eleftheria Palkopoulou, Tom van der Valk, Johanna von Seth, Arielle R. Munters, Patrícia Pečnerová, Marianne Dehasque, Irene Ureña, Erik Ersmark, Vendela Kempe Lagerholm, Maja Krzewińska, Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela, Anders Götherström, Love Dalén, David Díez-del-Molino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-07229-y