Ancient DNA Damage

作者:Dabney Jesse*; Meyer Matthias; Paeaebo Svante
来源:Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2013, 5(7): a012567.
DOI:10.1101/cshperspect.a012567

摘要

Under favorable conditions DNA can survive for thousands of years in the remains of dead organisms. The DNA extracted from such remains is invariably degraded to a small average size by processes that at least partly involve depurination. It also contains large amounts of deaminated cytosine residues that are accumulated toward the ends of the molecules, as well as several other lesions that are less well characterized.

  • 出版日期2013-7