Human biology and ancient DNA: exploring disease, domestication and movement by Charlotte J. Houldcroft, Riaan F. Rifkin, Simon J. Underdown

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Ancient DNA sequencing: telling the tale of human history and evolution by Jenny Straiton

“…Standfirst: In the last decade, ancient DNA research has provided invaluable insights into the lives of ancient populations, adding detail and enriching the story of human evolution and development. …”
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Zooarchaeology and ancient DNA, part 2: new substrates and perspectives by Lebrasseur, O, Manin, A

A qPCR-duplex assay for sex determination in ancient DNA by Anna Poma, Patrizia Cesare, Antonella Bonfigli, Anna Rita Volpe, Sabrina Colafarina, Giulia Vecchiotti, Alfonso Forgione, Osvaldo Zarivi

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Ancient DNA analysis from epoxy resin Biodur®-embedded bones by Anna Lena Flux, Michael Schultz, Susanne Hummel

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Origins of Polynesian Pigs Revealed by Mitochondrial Whole Genome Ancient DNA by K. Ann Horsburgh, Anna L. Gosling, Ethan E. Cochrane, Patrick V. Kirch, Jillian A. Swift, Mark D. McCoy

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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

Demographic reconstruction from ancient DNA supports rapid extinction of the great auk by Jessica E Thomas, Gary R Carvalho, James Haile, Nicolas J Rawlence, Michael D Martin, Simon YW Ho, Arnór Þ Sigfússon, Vigfús A Jósefsson, Morten Frederiksen, Jannie F Linnebjerg, Jose A Samaniego Castruita, Jonas Niemann, Mikkel-Holger S Sinding, Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, André ER Soares, Robert Lacy, Christina Barilaro, Juila Best, Dirk Brandis, Chiara Cavallo, Mikelo Elorza, Kimball L Garrett, Maaike Groot, Friederike Johansson, Jan T Lifjeld, Göran Nilson, Dale Serjeanston, Paul Sweet, Errol Fuller, Anne Karin Hufthammer, Morten Meldgaard, Jon Fjeldså, Beth Shapiro, Michael Hofreiter, John R Stewart, M Thomas P Gilbert, Michael Knapp

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Assessing the impact of post-mortem damage and contamination on imputation performance in ancient DNA by Antonio Garrido Marques, Simone Rubinacci, Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas, Olivier Delaneau, Bárbara Sousa da Mota

“…Abstract Low-coverage imputation is becoming ever more present in ancient DNA (aDNA) studies. Imputation pipelines commonly used for present-day genomes have been shown to yield accurate results when applied to ancient genomes. …”
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Bayesian estimation of the timing and severity of a population bottleneck from ancient DNA. by Yvonne L Chan, Christian N K Anderson, Elizabeth A Hadly

“…Our approach shows promise for determining demographic parameters for other species with ancient and historic samples and demonstrates the power of such an approach using ancient DNA.…”
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Advancements and Challenges in Ancient DNA Research: Bridging the Global North–South Divide by Vasundhra Dalal, Nagarjuna Pasupuleti, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Niraj Rai, Vasant Shinde

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Positive Diagnosis of Ancient Leprosy and Tuberculosis Using Ancient DNA and Lipid Biomarkers by Helen D. Donoghue, G. Michael Taylor, Graham R. Stewart, Oona Y. -C. Lee, Houdini H. T. Wu, Gurdyal S. Besra, David E. Minnikin

“…Diagnosis of leprosy and tuberculosis in archaeological material is most informative when based upon entire genomes. Ancient DNA (aDNA) is often degraded but amplification of specific fragments also provides reliable diagnoses. …”
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Development and Optimization of a Silica Column-Based Extraction Protocol for Ancient DNA by Marianne Dehasque, Patrícia Pečnerová, Vendela Kempe Lagerholm, Erik Ersmark, Gleb K. Danilov, Peter Mortensen, Sergey Vartanyan, Love Dalén

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KIN: a method to infer relatedness from low-coverage ancient DNA by Divyaratan Popli, Stéphane Peyrégne, Benjamin M. Peter

“…However, estimating relatedness from ancient DNA is difficult due to low-coverage, ascertainment bias, or contamination from various sources. …”
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Review: Computational analysis of human skeletal remains in ancient DNA and forensic genetics by Ainash Childebayeva, Elena I. Zavala

“…Summary: Degraded DNA is used to answer questions in the fields of ancient DNA (aDNA) and forensic genetics. While aDNA studies typically center around human evolution and past history, and forensic genetics is often more concerned with identifying a specific individual, scientists in both fields face similar challenges. …”
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Ancient DNA confirms diverse origins of early post-Columbian cattle in the Americas by Nicolas Delsol, Brian J. Stucky, Jessica A. Oswald, Charles R. Cobb, Kitty F. Emery, Robert Guralnick

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Enterobius vermicularis: ancient DNA from north and south American human coprolites by Alena M Iñiguez, Karl J Reinhard, Adauto Araújo, Luiz Fernando Ferreira, Ana Carolina P Vicente

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Interpreting patterns in transcriptomes and ancient DNA from Next Generation Sequencing data by Lin, AT

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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