Protocols for ancient DNA typing. by Capelli, C, Tschentscher, F

The origins of dogs: archaeozoology, genetics, and ancient DNA by Verginelli, F, Capelli, C, Coia, V, Musiani, M, Falchetti, M, Ottini, L, Palmirotta, R, Tagliacozzo, A, Mazzorin, I, Mariani-Costantini, R

[The origins of dogs: archaeozoology, genetics, and ancient DNA]. by Verginelli, F, Capelli, C, Coia, V, Musiani, M, Falchetti, M, Ottini, L, Palmirotta, R, Tagliacozzo, A, Mazzorin, I, Mariani-Costantini, R

Ancient DNA and forensics genetics: The case of Francesco Petrarca by Pilli, E, Fox, C, Capelli, C, Lari, M, Sampietro, L, Gigli, E, Milani, L, Guimaraes, S, Chiarelli, B, Marin, V, Casoli, A, Stanyon, R, Barbujani, G, Caramelli, D

Taming the past: Ancient DNA and the study of animal domestication by MacHugh, D, Larson, G, Orlando, L

“…During the last decade, ancient DNA research has been revolutionized by the availability of increasingly powerful DNA sequencing and ancillary genomics technologies, giving rise to the new field of paleogenomics. …”

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

Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison by Soubrier, J, Gower, G, Chen, K, Chivall, D, Douka, K, Higham, T, Larson, G

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. …”

Evolutionary analysis of placental orthologues reveals two ancient DNA virus integrations by Nino Barreat, JG, Katzourakis, A

The problem with petrous? a consideration of the potential biases in the utilisation of pars petrosa for ancient DNA analysis by Charlton, S, Booth, T, Barnes, I

“…Advances in NGS sequencing technologies, improved laboratory protocols and new bioinformatic workflows have seen huge increases in ancient DNA (aDNA) research on archaeological materials. …”

"Ancient" protocols for the crime scene? Similarities and differences between forensic genetics and ancient DNA analysis. by Capelli, C, Tschentscher, F, Pascali, V

“…We provide a short overview on some current issues in the fields of forensic genetics and ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis. We discuss about the existence of the possible points of contact between the two disciplines, in terms of open problems and the inherent approach to their solution. …”

Ancient DNA suggests modern wolves trace their origin to a Late Pleistocene expansion from Beringia by Loog, L, Thalmann, O, Sinding, M-HS, Schuenemann, VJ, Perri, A, Germonpré, M, Bocherens, H, Witt, KE, Castruita, JA, Velasco, MS, Lundstrøm, IKC, Wales, N, Sonet, G, Frantz, L, Schroeder, H, Budd, J, Jimenez, E-L, Fedorov, S, Gasparyan, B, Kandel, AW, Lázničková‐Galetová, M, Napierala, H, Uerpmann, H, Nikolskiy, PA, Pavlova, EY, Pitulko, VV, Herzig, K, Malhi, RS, Willerslev, E, Hansen, AJ, Dobney, K, Gilbert, MTP, Krause, J, Larson, G, Eriksson, A, Manica, A

Revealing the secrets of a 2900-year-old clay brick, discovering a time capsule of ancient DNA by Arbøll, TP, Rasmussen, SL, de Jonge, N, Hansen, AH, Pertoldi, C, Nielsen, JL

“…The recent development of techniques to sequence ancient DNA has provided valuable insights into the civilisations that came before us. …”

Multiplexed SNP typing of ancient DNA clarifies the origin of Andaman mtDNA haplogroups amongst South Asian tribal populations by Endicott, P, Metspalu, M, Stringer, C, Macaulay, V, Cooper, A, Sanchez, J

“…The methodology serves as a low-cost, high-throughput model for the production and authentication of data from modern or ancient DNA, and demonstrates the value of museum collections as important records of human genetic diversity.…”

AMS dating and ancient DNA analysis of bone relics associated with St John the Baptist from Sveti Ivan (Sozopol, Bulgaria) by Kostova, R, Popkonstantinov, K, Schroeder, H, Willerslev, E, Sultanov, A, Kazan, G, Higham, T

“…Ancient DNA analysis of this bone, as well as a rib fragment and a tooth, using shotgun sequencing yielded very little human DNA, ranging between 0 and 0.9% of sequenced reads. …”

Ancient DNA typing indicates that the “new” glume wheat of early Eurasian agriculture is a cultivated member of the Triticum timopheevii group by Czajkowska, BI, Charles, M, Jones, G, Kohler-Schneider, M, Mueller-Bieniek, A, Brown, TA

Ancient DNA analyses reveal high mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity and parallel morphological evolution of late pleistocene cave bears. by Hofreiter, M, Capelli, C, Krings, M, Waits, L, Conard, N, Münzel, S, Rabeder, G, Nagel, D, Paunovic, M, Jambrĕsić, G, Meyer, S, Weiss, G, Pääbo, S

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. …”

Novel high-resolution characterization of ancient DNA reveals C > U-type base modification events as the sole cause of post mortem miscoding lesions by Brotherton, P, Endicott, P, Sanchez, J, Beaumont, M, Barnett, R, Austin, J, Cooper, A

“…Ancient DNA (aDNA) research has long depended on the power of PCR to amplify trace amounts of surviving genetic material from preserved specimens. …”

Selection of appropriate metagenome taxonomic classifiers for ancient microbiome research by Larson, G, Velsko, I, Frantz, L, Herbig, A, Warinner, C

“…Using a set of in silico-generated metagenomic data sets, we investigated how the addition of ancient DNA (aDNA) damage patterns influences microbial taxonomic assignment by five widely used profilers: QIIME/UCLUST, MetaPhlAn2, MIDAS, CLARK-S, and MALT. …”