• 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 ...