Reduction of the contaminant fraction of DNA obtained from an ancient giant panda bone

Reduction of the contaminant fraction of DNA obtained from an ancient giant panda bone

Abstract Objective A key challenge in ancient DNA research is massive microbial DNA contamination from the deposition site which accumulates post mortem in the study organism’s remains. Two simple and cost-effective methods to enrich the relative endogenous fraction of DNA in ancient samples involve...

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Main Authors: Nikolas Basler, Georgios Xenikoudakis, Michael V. Westbury, Lingfeng Song, Guilian Sheng, Axel Barlow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Ancient DNA (aDNA)
Bleach
Pre-digestion
Endogenous content
Palaeogenomics
Paleogenomics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-3061-3

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