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Inconsistencies in Neanderthal genomic DNA sequences.

Authors :
Jeffrey D Wall
Sung K Kim
Source :
PLoS Genetics, Vol 3, Iss 10, Pp 1862-1866 (2007)
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2007.

Abstract

Two recently published papers describe nuclear DNA sequences that were obtained from the same Neanderthal fossil. Our reanalyses of the data from these studies show that they are not consistent with each other and point to serious problems with the data quality in one of the studies, possibly due to modern human DNA contaminants and/or a high rate of sequencing errors.

Subjects

Subjects :
Genetics
QH426-470

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15537390 and 15537404
Volume :
3
Issue :
10
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
PLoS Genetics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.27dcfed9748c4437aa3e01f8f1a88c29
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0030175