Jaramillo-Valverde Luis, Vásquez-Domínguez Andrés, Levano Kelly S, Castrejon-Cabanillas Rony, Novoa-Bellota Pedro, Machacuay-Romero Marco, Garcia-de-la-Guarda Ruth, Cano Raul J, Shady Solis Ruth, Guio Heinner
ALBIOTEC, Lima, Peru.
INBIOMEDIC Research and Technological Center, Lima, Peru.
Bioinformation. 2022 Dec 31;18(12):1114-1118. doi: 10.6026/973206300181114. eCollection 2022.
We report the use of a mobile laboratory set up to extract ancient DNA (aDNA) from 34 human coprolites (fossilized faeces) samples. Our approach enabled the rapid genetic characterization of 5,000 years old archeological samples. It is useful for the on-site screening of museums and freshly excavated samples for DNA. This approach is accessible to other investigators as the mobile laboratory was set up using commercially available instruments.
我们报告了使用一个移动实验室从34份人类粪化石(石化粪便)样本中提取古代DNA(aDNA)的情况。我们的方法能够对具有5000年历史的考古样本进行快速基因特征分析。它对于博物馆现场筛查以及新挖掘样本的DNA筛查很有用。由于该移动实验室是使用市售仪器搭建的,其他研究人员也可以采用这种方法。