Ancient and Archaic Genomes

• Other Authors: Caramelli, David (Editor), Lari, Martina (Editor), Vai, Stefania (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; approximate Bayesian computation; demographic history; human evolution; migration; machine learning; random forest; whole-genome data; ancient DNA; mitochondrial DNA; Mongolian horse; phylogeography; medieval individuals; Transylvania; population genetics; ancient mitogenome; Hungarian commoners; Carpathian Basin; paleogenomics; human; archaeology; Italy; Bronze Age; palaeogenomics; Neolithic; multiple burial; kinship; phenotypic traits; n/a
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The development of high-throughput sequencing has triggered a revolution in the study of ancient DNA. In the last decade, methodological advances have allowed researchers to overcome some of the limits linked to the degradation and preservation of nucleic acids, improving the capacity of recovery an...