Reconstructing ancient genomes and epigenomes

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 395-408

  Orlando, Ludovic ^a,b   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a,c   Willerslev, Eske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT DNA; DNA; DNA A; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA CONTAMINATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA TEMPLATE; EPIGENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOSOME; PALEOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HISTORY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; DNA; EPIGENOMICS; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS;

EID: 84931566802     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3935     Document Type: Review

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