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Mammoth plan for giant comeback

The Telegarph article on our recent work sequencing the woolly mammoth genome and the likelihood for whole genome data.

A molecular analysis of ground sloth diet through the last glaciation

We extracted DNA from five coprolites dated between 11,000 years ago and 28,500 years ago all excavated in Gypsum Cave. All coprolites contained DNA ...

Bacillus DNA in Fossil Bees: an Ancient Symbiosis?

We have isolated DNA from the abdominal tissue of four extinct stingless bees in Dominican amber, and conducted PCR amplification targetting the 16S rRNA gene. ...

Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age

The McMaster Ancient DNA Centre, Ontario Genomics, and the Ontario Science Centre as pleased to present Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age, a new ...

Ancient whole genome enrichment using baits built from modern DNA

Study validating the use of reference-free bait synthesis for whole-genome enrichment.

Estimation of gene insertion/deletion rates with missing data

Lateral gene transfer is an important mechanism for evolution among bacteria. Here, genome-wide gene insertion and deletion rates are modelled in a maximum ...

North American Mammoth Diversity and Interbreeding

Here we report the sequencing of 67 new mammoths including non-Woolly specimens representing Columbian (Mammuthus columbi), Jeffersonian (Mammuthus ...

The Justinianic Plague: An inconsequential pandemic?

New research suggests that reports of death in the wake of the Justinian Plague have been greatly exaggerated.

Ancient DNA and Isotopes Reveal Roman Italian Ancestry and Family Relationships

McMaster Researcher reveal complex population dynamics in the wake of Roman subjugation of the Italian Peninsula (3rd century BCE)

Alison Devault on AM 900 CHML Interview Matt Holmes Show

Graduate student Alison Devault's interview about the Microbial Detection Arrary (MDA) on the Matt Holmes Show.