Mutations Induced by Ancient DNA Extracts?
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Spiking of contemporary human template DNA with ancient DNA extracts induces mutations under PCR and generates nonauthentic mitochondrial sequences.
Proof of authenticity is the greatest challenge in palaeogenetic research, and many safeguards have become standard routine in laboratories specialized on ancient DNA research. Here we describe an as-yet unknown source of artifacts that will require special attention in the future. We show that ancient DNA extracts on their own can have an inhibitory and mutagenic effect under PCR. We have spik...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology and Evolution
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1537-1719,0737-4038
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh139