The untapped potential of macrofossils in ancient plant DNA research.
The rapid development of ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis in the last decades has induced a paradigm shift in ecology and evolution. Driven by a combination of breakthroughs in DNA isolation techniques, high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics, ancient genome-scale data for a rapidly growing variety...
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ftunivbern:oai:boris.unibe.ch:167860 2023-08-20T04:07:09+02:00 The untapped potential of macrofossils in ancient plant DNA research. Schwörer, Christoph Leunda, Maria Alvarez, Nadir Gugerli, Felix Sperisen, Christoph 2022-07 application/pdf https://boris.unibe.ch/167860/1/The_untapped_potential_of_macrofossils_in_ancient_plant_DNA_research.pdf https://boris.unibe.ch/167860/8/2022_NewPhytol_235_391.pdf https://boris.unibe.ch/167860/ eng eng Wiley https://boris.unibe.ch/167860/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Schwörer, Christoph; Leunda, Maria; Alvarez, Nadir; Gugerli, Felix; Sperisen, Christoph (2022). The untapped potential of macrofossils in ancient plant DNA research. New Phytologist, 235(2), pp. 391-401. Wiley 10.1111/nph.18108 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.18108> 580 Plants (Botany) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion PeerReviewed 2022 ftunivbern https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18108 2023-07-31T22:13:14Z The rapid development of ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis in the last decades has induced a paradigm shift in ecology and evolution. Driven by a combination of breakthroughs in DNA isolation techniques, high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics, ancient genome-scale data for a rapidly growing variety of taxa is now available, allowing researchers to directly observe demographic and evolutionary processes over time. However, the vast majority of palaeogenomic studies still focuses on human or animal remains. In this article, we make the case for a vast untapped resource of ancient plant material that is ideally suited for palaeogenomic analyses: Plant remains such as needles, leaves, wood, seeds or fruits that are deposited in natural archives, such as lake sediments, permafrost or even ice caves. Such plant remains are commonly found in large numbers and in stratigraphic sequence through time and have so far been used primarily to reconstruct past local species presences and abundances. However, they are also unique repositories of genetic information with the potential to revolutionize the fields of ecology and evolution by directly studying microevolutionary processes over time. Here, we give an overview of the current state-of-the-art, address important challenges, and highlight new research avenues to inspire future research. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost BORIS (Bern Open Repository and Information System, University of Bern) New Phytologist |
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The rapid development of ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis in the last decades has induced a paradigm shift in ecology and evolution. Driven by a combination of breakthroughs in DNA isolation techniques, high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics, ancient genome-scale data for a rapidly growing variety of taxa is now available, allowing researchers to directly observe demographic and evolutionary processes over time. However, the vast majority of palaeogenomic studies still focuses on human or animal remains. In this article, we make the case for a vast untapped resource of ancient plant material that is ideally suited for palaeogenomic analyses: Plant remains such as needles, leaves, wood, seeds or fruits that are deposited in natural archives, such as lake sediments, permafrost or even ice caves. Such plant remains are commonly found in large numbers and in stratigraphic sequence through time and have so far been used primarily to reconstruct past local species presences and abundances. However, they are also unique repositories of genetic information with the potential to revolutionize the fields of ecology and evolution by directly studying microevolutionary processes over time. Here, we give an overview of the current state-of-the-art, address important challenges, and highlight new research avenues to inspire future research. |
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The untapped potential of macrofossils in ancient plant DNA research. |
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The untapped potential of macrofossils in ancient plant DNA research. |
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The untapped potential of macrofossils in ancient plant DNA research. |
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The untapped potential of macrofossils in ancient plant DNA research. |
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The untapped potential of macrofossils in ancient plant DNA research. |
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Schwörer, Christoph; Leunda, Maria; Alvarez, Nadir; Gugerli, Felix; Sperisen, Christoph (2022). The untapped potential of macrofossils in ancient plant DNA research. New Phytologist, 235(2), pp. 391-401. Wiley 10.1111/nph.18108 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.18108> |
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