The Revolution of Ancient DNA Molecules
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Genetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 278
Special Issue Editors
Interests: the evolution of the structure of the human genome; recent human evolution; current genetic variation in order to reconstruct the demographic history of species; the genetic variability of protohistoric Italic populations with a particular focus on the Adriatic cultures of central Italy
Interests: human evolutionary genetics; the whole genome diversity of both ancient and modern people (especially from Africa and Europe); the human Y chromosome genetic diversity and molecular evolution; the genetic variability of populations with a forensic relevance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last few decades, the advent of ancient DNA (aDNA) studies has significantly changed our understanding of the evolutionary history of both living and extinct species, offering a direct window into evolutionary processes in real time. Thanks to improvements in wet-lab and bioinformatic methods for aDNA analysis, we can constantly expand our knowledge about genetic diversity over time, allowing us to track genetic changes in human, animal, plant and microbial groups, reconstructing their population dynamics and adaptations to different environments.
The focus of this Special Issue of Biomolecules will be on all aDNA-related subjects. New methodological approaches and new bioinformatic pipelines to improve aDNA analysis or tackle aDNA-specific issues, such as degradation, contamination or low-coverage sequencing, will be addressed. Population and evolutionary studies on humans, animals or plants (both living or extinct) will be covered, as well as studies concerning host–pathogen and host–microbiome interactions. New emerging approaches, such as the analysis of sedimentary aDNA, are encouraged. Both research and review articles are welcome.
Dr. Beniamino Trombetta
Dr. Eugenia D’Atanasio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ancient DNA
- evolutionary genetics
- next-generation sequencing
- population genomics
