Profiling the Dead: Generating Microsatellite Data from Fossil Bones of Extinct Megafauna—Protocols, Problems, and Prospects

Profiling the Dead: Generating Microsatellite Data from Fossil Bones of Extinct Megafauna—Protocols, Problems, and Prospects

We present the first set of microsatellite markers developed exclusively for an extinct taxon. Microsatellite data have been analysed in thousands of genetic studies on extant species but the technology can be problematic when applied to low copy number (LCN) DNA. It is therefore rarely used on subs...

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Main Authors: Allentoft, M., Oskam, C., Houston, J., Hale, M., Gilbert, Thomas, Rasmussen, M., Spencer, P., Jacomb, C., Willerslev, E., Holdaway, R., Bunce, Michael
Format: Journal Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20727

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