Journal
MITOCHONDRION
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 1-11Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2009.09.005
Keywords
Ancient DNA; Post-mortem damage; Contamination; Polymerase chain reaction; High-throughput sequencing; Phylogenetics
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- Australian Research Council
- Danish National Science Foundation
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The mitochondrial genome has been the traditional focus of most research into ancient DNA, owing to its high copy number and population-level variability. Despite this long-standing interest in mitochondrial DNA, it was only in 2001 that the first complete ancient mitogenomic sequences were obtained. As a result of various methodological developments, including the introduction of high-throughput sequencing techniques, the total number of ancient mitogenome sequences has increased rapidly over the past few years. In this review, we present a brief history of ancient mitogenomics and describe the technical challenges that face researchers in the field. We catalogue the diverse sequencing methods and source materials used to obtain ancient mitogenomic sequences, summarise the associated genetic and phylogenetic studies that have been conducted, and evaluate the future prospects of the field. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. and Mitochondria Research Society. All rights reserved.
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