Ancient DNA chronology within sediment deposits: Are paleobiological reconstructions possible and is DNA leaching a factor?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 982-989

  Haile, James ^a   Holdaway, Richard ^b   Oliver, Karen ^a   Bunce, Michael ^c   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^d   Nielsen, Rasmus ^d   Munch, Kasper ^d   Ho, Simon Y W ^a   Shapiro, Beth ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PALAECOL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aDNA; Environmental reconstructions; Extinctions; Leaching; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; DNA EXTRACTION; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; FAUNA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MACROFOSSIL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SEDIMENT; SHEEP; WIND;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW ZEALAND; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34047240363     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm016     Document Type: Article

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