Perspectives for DNA studies on polar ice cores

Anders J. Hansen; E. Willerslev

Perspectives for DNA studies on polar ice cores

Abstract

Recently amplifiable ancient DNA was obtained from a Greenland ice core. The DNA revealed a diversity of fungi, plants, algae and protists and has thereby expanded the range of detectable organic material in fossil glacier ice. The results suggest that ancient DNA can be obtained from other ice cores as well. Here, we present some future perspectives for DNA studies on polar ice cores in regard to molecular ecology, DNA damage and degradation, anabiosis and antibiotic resistance genes. Finally, we address some of the methodological problems connected to ancient DNA research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Patagonian Ice Fields : A Unique Natural Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies
Editors	Gino Casassa, Francisco V., Sepúlveda, Rolf M. Sinclair
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publication date	2002
Publication status	Published - 2002

Series	Series of the Centro de Estudios Científicos de Santiago

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Perspectives for DNA studies on polar ice cores. / Hansen, Anders J.; Willerslev, E.

Patagonian Ice Fields: A Unique Natural Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies. ed. / Gino Casassa; Francisco V., Sepúlveda; Rolf M. Sinclair. New York : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. (Series of the Centro de Estudios Científicos de Santiago).

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