<p class="jove_content">The protocol presents a series of best practice protocols for the collection of bone powder from eight recommended anatomical sampling locations (specific locations on a given skeletal element) across five different skeletal elements from medieval individuals (radiocarbon dated to a period of ca. 1040-1400 CE, calibrated 2-sigma range).</p>

optimized-bone-sampling-protocols-for-retrieval-ancient-dna-from

Optimized Bone Sampling Protocols for the Retrieval of Ancient DNA from Archaeological Remains

The methods presented here seek to maximize the chances for the recovery of human DNA from ancient archaeological remains while limiting input sample ...

<p class="jove_content">We present a method of targeted ancient DNA sequence retrieval, which we used to reconstruct the complete mitochondrial genomes of five Neandertal individuals. Comparison of these sequences with present day humans suggests that Neandertals had a long term low effective population size.</p>

primer-extension-capture-targeted-sequence-retrieval-from-heavily

Primer Extension Capture: Targeted Sequence Retrieval from Heavily Degraded DNA Sources

We present a method of targeted DNA sequence retrieval from DNA sources which are heavily degraded and contaminated with microbial DNA, as is typical of ...

Institution - Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig

Articles Published in JoVE