Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing of Mitochondria from Ancient Hair Shafts

Author:

Gilbert M. Thomas P.12345,Tomsho Lynn P.12345,Rendulic Snjezana12345,Packard Michael12345,Drautz Daniela I.12345,Sher Andrei12345,Tikhonov Alexei12345,Dalén Love12345,Kuznetsova Tatyana12345,Kosintsev Pavel12345,Campos Paula F.12345,Higham Thomas12345,Collins Matthew J.12345,Wilson Andrew S.12345,Shidlovskiy Fyodor12345,Buigues Bernard12345,Ericson Per G. P.12345,Germonpré Mietje12345,Götherström Anders12345,Iacumin Paola12345,Nikolaev Vladimir12345,Nowak-Kemp Malgosia12345,Willerslev Eske12345,Knight James R.12345,Irzyk Gerard P.12345,Perbost Clotilde S.12345,Fredrikson Karin M.12345,Harkins Timothy T.12345,Sheridan Sharon12345,Miller Webb12345,Schuster Stephan C.12345

Affiliation:

1. Centre for Ancient Genetics, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.

2. Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics, Pennsylvania State University, 310 Wartik Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA.

3. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninsky Prospect, Moscow 119071, Russia.

4. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.

5. Centro UCM-ISCIII de Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, c/Sinesio Delgado 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

Although the application of sequencing-by-synthesis techniques to DNA extracted from bones has revolutionized the study of ancient DNA, it has been plagued by large fractions of contaminating environmental DNA. The genetic analyses of hair shafts could be a solution: We present 10 previously unexamined Siberian mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ) mitochondrial genomes, sequenced with up to 48-fold coverage. The observed levels of damage-derived sequencing errors were lower than those observed in previously published frozen bone samples, even though one of the specimens was >50,000 14 C years old and another had been stored for 200 years at room temperature. The method therefore sets the stage for molecular-genetic analysis of museum collections.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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