ReviewThe New phytologist2016
How have studies of ancient DNA from sediments contributed to the reconstruction of Quaternary floras?
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- Optimization of subsampling, decontamination, and DNA extraction of difficult peat and silt permafrost samples.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Paleo-metagenomics of North American fossil packrat middens: Past biodiversity revealed by ancient DNA.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
- Persistence of arctic-alpine flora during 24,000 years of environmental change in the Polar Urals.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- New insights on lake sediment DNA from the catchment: importance of taphonomic and analytical issues on the record quality.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Plant DNA metabarcoding of lake sediments: How does it represent the contemporary vegetation.PloS one · 2018Article
- European Forest Cover During the Past 12,000 Years: A Palynological Reconstruction Based on Modern Analogs and Remote Sensing.Frontiers in plant science · 2018Article
- Using herbarium-derived DNAs to assemble a large-scale DNA barcode library for the vascular plants of Canada.Applications in plant sciences · 2017Article
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Abstract
499 I. 499 II. 500 III. 500 IV. 500 V. 500 VI. 501 VII. 502 VIII. 504 504 References 505 SUMMARY: Ancient DNA (aDNA) from lake sediments, peats, permafrost soils, preserved megafaunal gut contents and coprolites has been used to reconstruct late-Quaternary floras. aDNA is either used alone for floristic reconstruction or compared with pollen and/or macrofossil results. In comparative studies, aDNA may complement pollen and macrofossil analyses by increasing the number of taxa found. We discuss the relative contributions of each fossil group to taxon richness and the number of unique taxa found, and situations in which aDNA has refined pollen identifications. Pressing problems in aDNA studies are contamination and ignorance about taphonomy (transportation, incorporation, and preservation in sediments). Progress requires that these problems are reduced to allow aDNA to reach its full potential contribution to reconstructions of Quaternary floras.
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