Amplicon pyrosequencing late Pleistocene permafrost: The removal of putative contaminant sequences and small-scale reproducibility

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 798-810

  Porter, Teresita M ^a   Golding, G Brian ^a   King, Christine ^a,b   Froese, Duane ^c   Zazula, Grant ^d   Poinar, Hendrik N ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Yukon Palaeontology Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplicon; Ancient DNA; Barcoding; Beringia; Contamination; Pyrosequencing; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METAZOA; POACEAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84881617291     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12124     Document Type: Article

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