Mitochondrial genomes of Pleistocene megafauna retrieved from recent sediment layers of two Siberian lakes
Peter Andreas Seeber, Laura Batke, Yury A. Dvornikov, Alexandra Schmidt, Yi Wang, Kathleen R. Stoof‐Leichsenring, Katie Moon, Samuel H. Vohr, Beth Shapiro, Laura S. Epp
The paper retrieves mitochondrial genomes of extinct Pleistocene megafauna from recent sediment layers in Siberian lakes, showing that permafrost thawing affects aeDNA preservation and stratigraphic signal.
eLife · Sep 1, 2023Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology