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SUMMARY:Paleogenomics beyond humans - Michi Hofreiter (University of Potts
 dam)
DTSTART:20180130T130000Z
DTEND:20180130T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr. Andrea Manica
DESCRIPTION:Massively parallel sequencing (MPS) has transformed many disci
 plines in biology\, but where it arguably has had the largest impact is th
 e field of fossil DNA. While before MPS\, analyses were generally limited 
 to short fragments of mostly mitochodrial DNA\, MPS has made it possible t
 o obtain complete genomes from fossil remains\, in fact even from large nu
 mbers of samples - as long as these are from humans or domesticated animal
 s and their wild ancestors. Much less paleogenomic work has been done on s
 pecies that have neither a close connection to humans nor a modern referen
 ce sequence available - two 'traits' that often co-occur. In my talk\, I w
 ill 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
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology \, Downing Street
 \, CB2 3EJ
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