malcolm McCallum wrote:
Hi,
how much of the genome can be obtained from museum skins and other
kinds of preserved specimens?
Can we get complete genomes or only fractions?
I do realize a lot of factors play into this!
I'm not an expert, but I would have thought we could get a full genome.
The sequencing methods that are being used now rely on quickly
sequencing lots of short segments, and then fitting them together
afterwards. The problem with museum specimens, of course, is that the
DNA is degraded, and in small segments already.
This is how they could sequence the Neanderthal genome (um, Neanderthal
man, not the valley...).
Bob
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