Optimal ancient DNA yields from the inner ear part of the human petrous bone
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Pinhasi, Ron; Fernandes, Daniel; Sirak, Kendra; Novak, Mario; Connell, Sarah; Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songul; Gerritsen, Fokke; Moiseyev, Vyacheslav; Gromov, Andrey; Raczky, Pal; Anders, Alexandra; Rollefson, Gary; Pietrusewsky, Michael; Jovanovic, Marija; Trinhhoang, Hiep; Bar-Oz, Guy; Oxenham, Marc; Matsumura, H; Hofreiter, Michael
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The invention and development of next or second generation sequencing methods has resulted in a dramatic transformation of ancient DNA research and allowed shotgun sequencing of entire genomes from fossil specimens. However, although there are exceptions, most fossil specimens contain only low (∼ 1% or less) percentages of endogenous DNA. The only skeletal element for which a systematically higher endogenous DNA content compared to other skeletal elements has been shown is the petrous part of...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Pinhasi, Ron | |
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dc.contributor.author | Fernandes, Daniel | |
dc.contributor.author | Sirak, Kendra | |
dc.contributor.author | Novak, Mario | |
dc.contributor.author | Connell, Sarah | |
dc.contributor.author | Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songul | |
dc.contributor.author | Gerritsen, Fokke | |
dc.contributor.author | Moiseyev, Vyacheslav | |
dc.contributor.author | Gromov, Andrey | |
dc.contributor.author | Raczky, Pal | |
dc.contributor.author | Anders, Alexandra | |
dc.contributor.author | Rollefson, Gary | |
dc.contributor.author | Pietrusewsky, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Jovanovic, Marija | |
dc.contributor.author | Trinhhoang, Hiep | |
dc.contributor.author | Bar-Oz, Guy | |
dc.contributor.author | Oxenham, Marc | |
dc.contributor.author | Matsumura, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Hofreiter, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-29T22:56:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-29T22:56:04Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/153393 | |
dc.description.abstract | The invention and development of next or second generation sequencing methods has resulted in a dramatic transformation of ancient DNA research and allowed shotgun sequencing of entire genomes from fossil specimens. However, although there are exceptions, most fossil specimens contain only low (∼ 1% or less) percentages of endogenous DNA. The only skeletal element for which a systematically higher endogenous DNA content compared to other skeletal elements has been shown is the petrous part of the temporal bone. In this study we investigate whether (a) different parts of the petrous bone of archaeological human specimens give different percentages of endogenous DNA yields, (b) there are significant differences in average DNA read lengths, damage patterns and total DNA concentration, and (c) it is possible to obtain endogenous ancient DNA from petrous bones from hot environments. We carried out intra-petrous comparisons for ten petrous bones from specimens from Holocene archaeological contexts across Eurasia dated between 10,000-1,800 calibrated years before present (cal. BP). We obtained shotgun DNA sequences from three distinct areas within the petrous: a spongy part of trabecular bone (part A), the dense part of cortical bone encircling the osseous inner ear, or otic capsule (part B), and the dense part within the otic capsule (part C). Our results confirm that dense bone parts of the petrous bone can provide high endogenous aDNA yields and indicate that endogenous DNA fractions for part C can exceed those obtained for part B by up to 65-fold and those from part A by up to 177-fold, while total endogenous DNA concentrations are up to 126-fold and 109-fold higher for these comparisons. Our results also show that while endogenous yields from part C were lower than 1% for samples from hot (both arid and humid) parts, the DNA damage patterns indicate that at least some of the reads originate from ancient DNA molecules, potentially enabling ancient DNA analyses of samples from hot regions that are otherwise not amenable to ancient DNA analyses. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | |
dc.source | PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science) | |
dc.title | Optimal ancient DNA yields from the inner ear part of the human petrous bone | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 10 | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160100 - ANTHROPOLOGY | |
local.identifier.absfor | 210100 - ARCHAEOLOGY | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | a383154xPUB3242 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Pinhasi, Ron, University College Dublin | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Fernandes, Daniel, University College Dublin | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Sirak, Kendra, Emory University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Novak, Mario, University College Dublin | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Connell, Sarah, University College Dublin | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Songul, Independent researcher, Santpoort-Noord | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Gerritsen, Fokke, Netherlands Institute in Turkey | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Moiseyev, Vyacheslav, Russian Academy of Sciences | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Gromov, Andrey, Russian Academy of Sciences | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Raczky, Pal, Eotvos Lorand University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Anders, Alexandra, Eotvos Lorand University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Rollefson, Gary, Whitman College | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Pietrusewsky, Michael, University of Hawaii | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Jovanovic, Marija, Museum of Vojvodina | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Trinhhoang, Hiep, Institute of Archaeology | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Bar-Oz, Guy, University of Haifa | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Oxenham, Marc, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Matsumura, H, Sapporo Medical University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hofreiter, Michael, University of York | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 6 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0129102 | |
dc.date.updated | 2018-11-29T08:09:55Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84939165177 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000356567500033 | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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