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Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths.
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22 authors at 12 institutions in 9 countries.
Tom van der Valk *Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden. tom.vandervalk@scilifelab.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6582-3452
Patrícia Pečnerová *Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9350-1987
David Díez-Del-Molino *Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9701-5940
Anders BergströmThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Jonas OppenheimerDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Stefanie HartmannInstitute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3476-0169
Georgios XenikoudakisInstitute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Jessica A ThomasInstitute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Marianne DehasqueCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4640-8306
Ekin SağlıcanDepartment of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8646-1163
Fatma Rabia FidanDepartment of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5877-7945
Ian BarnesDepartment of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-6918
Shanlin LiuCollege of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Mehmet SomelDepartment of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3138-1307
Peter D HeintzmanThe Arctic University Museum of Norway, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6449-0219
Pavel NikolskiyGeological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Beth ShapiroDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Pontus SkoglundThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Michael HofreiterInstitute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Adrian M ListerDepartment of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7985-138X
Anders GötherströmCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.
Love DalénCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden. love.dalen@nrm.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8270-7613
Stockholm University · SEUniversity of Potsdam · DEMiddle East Technical University · TRNatural History Museum · GBThe Francis Crick Institute · GBChina Agricultural University · CNGeological Institute · RUHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USUiT The Arctic University of Norway · NOUniversity of California, Santa Cruz · USUniversity of Copenhagen · DKUppsala University · SE
Funding
UC Santa Cruz Training Program In Genomic SciencesT32HG008345 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI BROOKS, ANGELA NORIE, GREEN, RICHARD EDWARD · 2015 to 2020
$1.4MEuropean Research Council 310763European Research Council 852558NHGRI NIH HHS T32 HG008345Wellcome Trust FC001595
Abstract
Temporal genomic data hold great potential for studying evolutionary processes such as speciation. However, sampling across speciation events would, in many cases, require genomic time series that stretch well back into the Early Pleistocene subepoch. Although theoretical models suggest that DNA should survive on this timescale
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Evolution, MolecularGenomicsPhylogenyAcclimatizationAllelesAnimalsBayes TheoremDNA, AncientElephantsEuropeFemaleFossilsGenetic VariationGenome, MitochondrialMammothsMarkov ChainsDNA, Ancient
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