Evolutionary Patterns and Processes: Lessons from Ancient DNA

Overview

Journal Syst Biol

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Biology

Date 2017 Feb 8

PMID 28173586

Citations 31

Authors

Michela Leonardi

Pablo Librado

Clio Der Sarkissian

Mikkel Schubert

Ahmed H Alfarhan

Saleh A Alquraishi

Khaled A S Al-Rasheid

Cristina Gamba

Eske Willerslev

Ludovic Orlando

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Abstract

Ever since its emergence in 1984, the field of ancient DNA has struggled to overcome the challenges related to the decay of DNA molecules in the fossil record. With the recent development of high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies and molecular techniques tailored to ultra-damaged templates, it has now come of age, merging together approaches in phylogenomics, population genomics, epigenomics, and metagenomics. Leveraging on complete temporal sample series, ancient DNA provides direct access to the most important dimension in evolution—time, allowing a wealth of fundamental evolutionary processes to be addressed at unprecedented resolution. This review taps into the most recent findings in ancient DNA research to present analyses of ancient genomic and metagenomic data.

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