• Environmental genomics of Late Pleistocene black bears and giant short-faced bears 

      Pedersen, Mikkel W.; De Sanctis, Bianca; Saremi, Nedda F.; Sikora, Martin; Puckett, Emily E.; Gu, Zhenquan; Moon, Katherine L.; Kapp, Joshua D.; Vinner, Lasse; Vardanyan, Zaruhi; Ardelean, Ciprian F.; Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquin; Cahill, James A.; Heintzman, Peter D.; Zazula, Grant D.; MacPhee, Ross D. E.; Shapiro, Beth; Durbin, Richard; Willerslev, Eske (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-19)
      Analysis of ancient environmental DNA (eDNA) has revolutionized our ability to describe biological communities in space and time,1, 2, 3 by allowing for parallel sequencing of DNA from all trophic levels.4, 5, 6, 7, 8 However, because environmental samples contain sparse and fragmented data from multiple individuals, and often contain closely related species,9 the field of ancient eDNA has so far ...
    • Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity: Overview and Recommendations 

      Capo, Eric; Giguet-Covex, Charline; Rouillard, Alexandra; Nota, Kevin; Heintzman, Peter D.; Vuillemin, Aurèle; Ariztegui, Daniel; Arnaud, Fabien; Belle, Simon; Bertilsson, Stefan; Bigler, Christian; Bindler, Richard; Brown, Antony G.; Clarke, Charlotte L.; Crump, Sarah E.; Debroas, Didier; Englund, Göran; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Garner, Rebecca E.; Gauthier, Joanna; Gregory-Eaves, Irene; Heinecke, Liv; Herzschuh, Ulrike; Ibrahim, Anan; Kisand, Veljo; Kjær, Kurt H.; Lammers, Youri; Littlefair, Joanne; Messager, Erwan; Monchamp, Marie-Eve; Olajos, Fredrik; Orsi, William; Pedersen, Mikkel W.; Rijal, Dilli P.; Rydberg, Johan; Spanbauer, Trisha; Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen R.; Taberlet, Pierre; Talas, Liisi; Thomas, Camille; Walsh, David A.; Wang, Yucheng; Willerslev, Eske; van Woerkom, Anne; Zimmermann, Heike H.; Coolen, Marco J. L.; Epp, Laura S.; Domaizon, Isabelle; Alsos, Inger G.; Parducci, Laura (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-13)
      The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely applied nowadays, knowledge gaps remain in this field and there is therefore still research to be conducted to ensure the reliability of the sedimentary DNA signal. Building on the most recent literature and seven original ...
    • Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics 

      Wang, Yucheng; Pedersen, Mikkel W.; Alsos, Inger Greve; De Sanctis, Bianca; Racimo, Fernando; Prohaska, Ana; Coissac, Eric; Owens, Hannah L.; Merkel, Marie Føreid; Fernandez-Guerra, Antonio; Rouillard, Alexandra; Lammers, Youri; Alberti, Adriana; Denoeud, France; Money, Daniel; Ruter, Anthony H.; McColl, Hugh; Larsen, Nicolaj K.; Cherezova, Anna A.; Edwards, Mary E.; Fedorov, Grigory B.; Haile, James; Orlando, Ludovic; Vinner, Lasse; Korneliussen, Thorfinn S.; Beilman, David W.; Bjørk, Anders A.; Cao, Jialu; Dockter, Christoph; Esdale, Julie; Gusarova, Galina; Kjeldsen, Kristian K.; Mangerud, Jan; Rasic, Jeffrey T.; Skadhauge, Birgitte; Svendsen, John Inge; Tikhonov, Alexei N.; Wincker, Patrick; Xing, Yingchun; Zhang, Yubin; Froese, Duane G.; Rahbek, Carsten; Nogues, David B; Holden, Philip B.; Edwards, Neil R.; Durbin, Richard; Meltzer, David J.; Kjær, Kurt H.; Moller, Per; Willerslev, Eske (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-20)
      During the last glacial–interglacial cycle, Arctic biotas experienced substantial climatic changes, yet the nature, extent and rate of their responses are not fully understood1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. Here we report a large-scale environmental DNA metagenomic study of ancient plant and mammal communities, analysing 535 permafrost and lake sediment samples from across the Arctic spanning the past 50,000 years. ...