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Assessment of contaminants associated with gold-standard ancient DNA protocols |
Ancient DNA (aDNA) techniques have rapidly evolved in recent years, especially the application of single-stranded DNA library construction protocol and the automation of lab work using liquid handling robots that has greatly improved the efficiency of ancient DNA research. These techniques are widely used in th... |
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Fish Fossils Breathe New Life into Fin and Limb Evolutionary Hypothesis |
A trove of fossils, unearthed in rock from China dating back some 436 million years, has revealed for the first time that the mysterious galeaspids, members of an extinct clade of jawless fish, possessed paired fins. The discovery, by an international team led by Prof. ZHU Min from the Institute of Vertebra... |
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Dawn of Fishes—Early Silurian Jawed Vertebrates Revealed Head to Tail |
A newly discovered fossil "treasure hoard" dating back some 436 million years to the early Silurian period reveals, for the first time, the complete body shape and form of some of the first jawed fishes. The discovery was published in Nature on Sept. 28 by an international team led by Prof. ZHU Min from the... |
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Chinese Fossil Eggs Show Dinosaur Decline Before Extinction |
Nearly 66 million years ago, a large asteroid hit Earth and contributed to the global extinction of dinosaurs, leaving birds as their only living descendants. Scientists know that a wide variety of dinosaurs lived around the world at the end of the Cretaceous period just before their extinction. However, sc... |
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