Application of Solid-State Capture for the Retrieval of Small-to-Medium Sized Target Loci from Ancient DNA

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  • Johanna L. A. Paijmans
    University of Potsdam
  • Gloria González Fortes
    University of Ferrara
  • Daniel W. Förster
    Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Genetic studies that include ancient samples are often hampered by the low amount of endogenous DNA that ancient samples often contain, relative to co-extracted “contaminant” DNA from other organisms. One approach to mitigate this challenge is to perform hybridization-based capture of target genomic regions using DNA or RNA baits. Such baits are designed to have high sequence similarity to the target genomic regions and can reduce the off-target fraction in DNA sequencing libraries. Here, we present a protocol to use Agilent SureSelect microarrays to enrich ancient DNA libraries for small-to-medium-sized target loci, such as mitochondrial genomes, from ancient DNA extracts. The protocol that we present builds on previously published work by introducing improvements that improve recovery of short DNA fragments while minimizing the cost and duration of the experiment.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAncient DNA
EditorsBeth Shapiro, Axel Barlow, Peter D. Heintzman, Michael Hofreiter, Johanna L. A. Paijmans, André E. R. Soares
Place of PublicationNew York, NY
PublisherSpringer New York
Pages129-139
Number of pages11
Volume1963
ISBN (print)978-1-4939-9175-4 978-1-4939-9176-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes
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