Paleogenomics beyond humans

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• Michi Hofreiter (University of Pottsdam)
• Tuesday 30 January 2018, 13:00-14:00
• Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Dr. Andrea Manica.

Massively parallel sequencing (MPS) has transformed many disciplines in biology, but where it arguably has had the largest impact is the field of fossil DNA . While before MPS , analyses were generally limited to short fragments of mostly mitochodrial DNA , MPS has made it possible to obtain complete genomes from fossil remains, in fact even from large numbers of samples – as long as these are from humans or domesticated animals and their wild ancestors. Much less paleogenomic work has been done on species that have neither a close connection to humans nor a modern reference sequence available – two ‘traits’ that often co-occur. In my talk, I will discuss technical progress in paleogenomic analyses as well as how to analyse paleogenomic sequences from not-so-well-studied species like cave bears, Macrauchenia or hyenas and show which evolutionary insights can be obtained by such analyses

This talk is part of the Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series series.

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