Next generation sequencing of DNA extracted from mummified tissue

• Main Author: Khairat Ibrahim Abdelhay, Rabab
• Other Authors: Blin, Nikolaus (Prof. Dr.)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Tübingen 2013
• Subjects: Mumie; DNS; Sequenzanalyse <Chemie>; 570; Mummies; DNA; Next generation sequencing; Metagenomics; Alten; Denisova; Saqqaq
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10900/49936; http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-69931

The application of next generation sequencing (NGS) has dramatically increased the amount of genetic information over the last few years. In the current study, DNA samples from eight Egyptian mummies were obtained and tested for the first time using the NGS technology. They were radiocarbon dated an...