Palaeoproteomics of bird bones for taxonomic classification

• Main Authors: Horn, Ivo, Kenens, Yvo, Palmblad, Magnus, van der Plas-Duivesteijn, Suzanne, Langeveld, Bram, Meijer, Hanneke, Dalebout, Hans, Marissen, Rob, Fischer, Anja, Florens, Vincent, Niemann, Jonas, Rijsdijk, Kenneth F., Schulp, A.S., Laros, Jeroen, Gravendeel, Barbara
• Other Authors: non-UU output of UU-AW members
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: ancient proteins; bird taxonomy; dodo; extant birds; great auk; palaeoproteomics; phylogeny; Finch; Alca torda; Falco peregrinus; Great auk; peregrine falcon; Pinguinus impennis; Razorbill
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/381873

We used proteomic profiling to taxonomically classify extinct, alongside extant bird species using mass spectrometry on ancient bone-derived collagen chains COL1A1 and COL1A2. Proteins of Holocene and Late Pleistocene-aged bones from dodo (Raphus cucullatus) and great auk (Pinguinus impennis), as we...