Genomic data from an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo
Available here is the genome of a male individual from an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo culture, the first known group of Homo sapiens to settle in Greenland. The DNA sample was obtained from ~4,000-year-old permafrost-preserved hair, and was shown to have very low modern DNA contamination. The diploid geno...
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Format: | Dataset |
Language: | English |
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GigaScience
2011
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5524/100026 http://gigadb.org/dataset/100026 |
Summary: | Available here is the genome of a male individual from an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo culture, the first known group of Homo sapiens to settle in Greenland. The DNA sample was obtained from ~4,000-year-old permafrost-preserved hair, and was shown to have very low modern DNA contamination. The diploid genome was sequenced to an average depth of 20x using Illumina GAII sequencing platforms, with 79% recovery. Correct indexed reads were mapped to the human genome (hg18) with a suffix array-based method that allows for residual primer trimming. Sequencing yielded a total of 3.5 billion reads. |
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