Paleogenomics of the prehistory of Europe: human migrations, domestication and disease by Javier G. Serrano, Alejandra C. Ordóñez, Rosa Fregel

“…A substantial portion of ancient DNA research has been centred on understanding European populations’ origin and evolution. …”
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Microbiome applications for pathology: challenges of low microbial biomass samples during diagnostic testing by Caitlin A Selway, Raphael Eisenhofer, Laura S Weyrich

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Plagued by a cryptic clock: insight and issues from the global phylogeny of Yersinia pestis by Katherine Eaton, Leo Featherstone, Sebastian Duchene, Ann G. Carmichael, Nükhet Varlık, G. Brian Golding, Edward C. Holmes, Hendrik N. Poinar

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MetaDamage tool: Examining post-mortem damage in sedaDNA on a metagenomic scale by Rosie Everett, Rosie Everett, Becky Cribdon

“…Authentication remains integral to the ancient DNA discipline, and this extends to sedaDNA analysis. …”
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Extended longevity of DNA preservation in Levantine Paleolithic sediments, Sefunim Cave, Israel by Viviane Slon, Jamie L. Clark, David E. Friesem, Meir Orbach, Naomi Porat, Matthias Meyer, Andrew W. Kandel, Ron Shimelmitz

“…Although the Levant is a key land-bridge between Africa and Eurasia, thus far, relatively little ancient DNA data has been generated from this region, since DNA degrades faster in warm climates. …”
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Paleogenomics of animal domestication by Irving-Pease, EK, Ryan, H, Jamieson, A, Dimopoulos, EA, Larson, GJ, Frantz, LAF

“…We discuss how the recovery of ancient DNA from archaeological remains is allowing researchers to overcome inherent shortcomings arising from the analysis of modern DNA alone. …”

A Multidisciplinary Review of the Inka Imperial Resettlement Policy and Implications for Future Investigations by Roberta Davidson, Lars Fehren-Schmitz, Bastien Llamas

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Ancient Clostridium DNA and variants of tetanus neurotoxins associated with human archaeological remains by Harold P. Hodgins, Pengsheng Chen, Briallen Lobb, Xin Wei, Benjamin J. M. Tremblay, Michael J. Mansfield, Victoria C. Y. Lee, Pyung-Gang Lee, Jeffrey Coffin, Ana T. Duggan, Alexis E. Dolphin, Gabriel Renaud, Min Dong, Andrew C. Doxey

“…These genomic assemblies had varying levels of completeness, and a subset of them displayed hallmarks of ancient DNA damage. Phylogenetic analyses revealed known C. tetani clades as well as potentially new Clostridium lineages closely related to C. tetani. …”
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Genomic data suggest parallel dental vestigialization within the xenarthran radiation by Emerling, Christopher A, Gibb, Gillian C, Tilak, Marie-Ka, Hughes, Jonathan J, Kuch, Melanie, Duggan, Ana T, Poinar, Hendrik N, Nachman, Michael W, Delsuc, Frédéric

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Genomic Approaches for Conservation Management in Australia under Climate Change by Isabelle R. Onley, Katherine E. Moseby, Jeremy J. Austin

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Ancient and Archaic Genomes by Stefania Vai, Martina Lari, David Caramelli

“…The first data obtained from ancient DNA samples were published more than thirty years ago [...]…”
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Reconstruction of the human peopling of Europe: a genetic insight by David Caramelli, Cosimo Posth, Olga Rickards

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First archaeological evidence for ginger consumption as a potential medicinal ingredient in a late medieval leprosarium at St Leonard, Peterborough, England by Elena Fiorin, Charlotte A. Roberts, Marica Baldoni, Erin Connelly, Christina Lee, Claudio Ottoni, Emanuela Cristiani

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Apolipoprotein E (APOE) Haplotypes in Healthy Subjects from Worldwide Macroareas: A Population Genetics Perspective for Cardiovascular Disease, Neurodegeneration, and Dementia by Paolo Abondio, Francesco Bruno, Donata Luiselli

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Checklist of the Mammal Collection Preserved at the University of Palermo under the Framework of the National Biodiversity Future Center by Sabrina Lo Brutto, Antonina Badalucco, Rocco Iacovera, Elisabetta Cilli, Maurizio Sarà

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Genetic characterisation of the North-West Indian populations: analysis of mitochondrial DNA control region variations by Gagandeep Singh, Srinivas Yellapu, Harkirat Singh Sandhu, Indu Sharma, Varun Sharma, A. J. S. Bhanwer

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Edible flora in pre-Columbian Caribbean coprolites: Expected and unexpected data. by Jelissa Reynoso-García, Tasha M Santiago-Rodriguez, Yvonne Narganes-Storde, Raul J Cano, Gary A Toranzos

“…Importantly, data from ancient fecal specimens demonstrate the importance of ancient DNA studies to better understand pre-Columbian populations.…”
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Rare Amyloid Precursor Protein Point Mutations Recapitulate Worldwide Migration and Admixture in Healthy Individuals: Implications for the Study of Neurodegeneration by Paolo Abondio, Francesco Bruno, Amalia Cecilia Bruni, Donata Luiselli

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Reconstructing the population history of the Sinhalese, the major ethnic group in Śrī Laṅkā by Prajjval Pratap Singh, Sachin Kumar, Nagarjuna Pasupuleti, P.R. Weerasooriya, George van Driem, Kamani H. Tennekoon, Niraj Rai, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, R. Ranasinghe

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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. …”