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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Problems of reproducibility - does geologically ancient DNA survive in amber preserved insects? |
Author: | Austin, J. Ross, A. Smith, A. Fortey, R. Thomas, R. |
Citation: | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 1997; 264(1381):467-474 |
Publisher: | The Royal Society |
Issue Date: | 1997 |
ISSN: | 0962-8452 1471-2970 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jeremy J. Austin, Andrew J. Ross, Andrew B. Smith, Richard A. Fortey and Richard H. Thomas |
Abstract: | Apparently ancient DNA has been reported from amber-preserved insects many millions of years old. Rigorous attempts to reproduce these DNA sequences from amber- and copal-preserved bees and flies have failed to detect any authentic ancient insect DNA. Lack of reproducibility suggests that DNA does not survive over millions of years even in amber, the most promising of fossil environments. |
Keywords: | Animals Amber DNA DNA Replication Base Sequence Genes, Insect Fossils Molecular Sequence Data Biological Evolution Insecta |
Rights: | © 1997 The Royal Society |
DOI: | 10.1098/rspb.1997.0067 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1997.0067 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Earth and Environmental Sciences publications Environment Institute Leaders publications |
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