| Literature DB >> 28173586 |
Michela Leonardi1, Pablo Librado1, Clio Der Sarkissian1, Mikkel Schubert1, Ahmed H Alfarhan2, Saleh A Alquraishi2, Khaled A S Al-Rasheid2, Cristina Gamba1, Eske Willerslev1,2, Ludovic Orlando1,3.
Abstract
Ever since its emergence in 1984, the field of ancient DNA has struggled to overcome the challenges related to the decay of DNA molecules in the fossil record. With the recent development of high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies and molecular techniques tailored to ultra-damaged templates, it has now come of age, merging together approaches in phylogenomics, population genomics, epigenomics, and metagenomics. Leveraging on complete temporal sample series, ancient DNA provides direct access to the most important dimension in evolution—time, allowing a wealth of fundamental evolutionary processes to be addressed at unprecedented resolution. This review taps into the most recent findings in ancient DNA research to present analyses of ancient genomic and metagenomic data.Entities:
Keywords: Ancient DNA; metagenomics; palaeogenomics; population genomics; temporal sampling
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28173586 PMCID: PMC5410953 DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syw059
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Syst Biol ISSN: 1063-5157 Impact factor: 9.160