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With Help of Victims From 1849, Scientists Decode Early Strain of Cholera

The New York Times article on McMaster Ancient DNA Centre researchers' identification of cholera in 165 preserved intestines.

Second-Pandemic Strain of Vibrio cholerae from the Philadelphia Cholera Outbreak of 1849

Research paper on the identification and retrieval of Vibrio cholerae from preserved intestines of a victim of the 1849 cholera outbreak in Philadelphia, part ...

Scientists Solve DNA Puzzle of the Black Death

Press stories surrounding the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre's recent work on the completion of the Yersinia pestis's (plague genome).

Sequencing the Microbe that Causes Bubonic Plague

The New York Times's article on the work of researchers from the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre and its collaborators on the identification of the microbe ...

Agouti sequence polymorphism in coyotes and specific sequence differences from wolves and dogs

Here we report an examination of the alleles found in Canadian wild canids (wolves and coyotes) for the Agouti locus. Our analysis revealed that the Agouti ...

Genetic analyses from ancient DNA

A critical assessment of the state of ancient DNA research and a review of some significant contributions and promising future research areas.

Researchers Find Antibiotic Resistance in Ancient DNA

The New York Times article on recent work by the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre on the discovery of antibiotic resistance genes in 30,000-year-old Yukon sediment.

Hybrid Mammoth DNA Found

Article on recent work by the McMaster Ancient DNA Centre regarding the genetics of Columbian mammoths. The findings suggest that Woolly and Columbian mammoths ...

Prehistoric DNA to Help Solve Human-Evolution Mysteries?

National Geographic News coverage on Hendrik Poinar's recent presentation at a chemistry conference in Chicago and the use of long-preserved DNA in resolving ...

Genomewide comparison of DNA sequences between humans and chimpanzees

We sequenced a total of 8,859 DNA molecules encompassing approximately 1.9 million base pairs of the chipanzee genome, and compared them to their homologous ...