Zooarchaeology and ancient DNA, part 2: new substrates and perspectives by Lebrasseur, O, Manin, A

Zooarchaeology and ancient DNA, part 1: a brief review of the methods and applications by Manin, A, Lebrasseur, O

“…Ancient DNA (aDNA) analyses from archaeological animal remains is well suited to many of the objectives investigated through zooarchaeological analyses. …”

Inferring allele frequency trajectories from ancient DNA indicates that selection on a chicken gene coincided with changes in medieval husbandry practices. by Loog, L, Thomas, M, Barnett, R, Allen, R, Sykes, N, Paxinos, P, Lebrasseur, O, Dobney, K, Peters, J, Manica, A, Larson, G, Eriksson, A

“…Ancient DNA provides an opportunity to infer the drivers of natural selection by linking allele frequency changes to temporal shifts in environment or cultural practices. …”

Ancient chicken remains reveal the origins of virulence in Marek’s disease virus by Fiddaman, SR, Dimopoulos, EA, Lebrasseur, O, du Plessis, L, Vrancken, B, Charlton, S, Haruda, AF, Tabbada, K, Flammer, PG, Dascalu, S, Marković, N, Li, H, Franklin, G, Symmons, R, Baron, H, Daróczi-Szabó, L, Shaymuratova, DN, Askeyev, IV, Putelat, O, Sana, M, Davoudi, H, Fathi, H, Mucheshi, AS, Vahdati, AA, Zhang, L, Foster, A, Sykes, N, Baumberg, GC, Bulatović, J, Askeyev, AO, Askeyev, OV, Mashkour, M, Pybus, OG, Nair, V, Larson, G, Smith, AL, Frantz, LAF

“…Our results demonstrate the power of ancient DNA approaches to trace the molecular basis of virulence in economically relevant pathogens.…”

Patagonian partnerships: the extinct Dusicyon avus and its interaction with prehistoric human communities by Abbona, CC, Lebrasseur, O, Prevosti, FJ, Peralta, E, González Venanzi, L, Frantz, L, Larson, G, Gil, AF, Neme, GA

“…In this study, we used ancient DNA analysis, morphological examination and stable isotope analysis (δ¹³C_col and δ¹⁵N) to re-evaluate the taxonomic assignment of a canid discovered at the Late Holocene burial site of Cañada Seca. …”

Reconstructing Asian faunal introductions to eastern Africa from multi-proxy biomolecular and archaeological datasets by Prendergast, M, Buckley, M, Crowther, A, Frantz, L, Eager, H, Lebrasseur, O, Hutterer, R, Hulme-Beaman, A, Van Neer, W, Douka, K, Veall, M, Quintana Morales, E, Schuenemann, V, Reiter, E, Allen, R, Dimopoulos, E, Helm, R, Shipton, C, Mwebi, O, Denys, C, Horton, M, Wynne-Jones, S, Fleisher, J, Radimilahy, C, Wright, H, Searle, J, Krause, J, Larson, G, Boivin, N

“…Our approach included ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis aided by BLAST-based bioinformatics, Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) collagen fingerprinting, and direct AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry) radiocarbon dating. …”