Response to Comment on "Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing of Mitochondria from Ancient Hair Shafts"

TY - JOUR

T1 - Response to Comment on "Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing of Mitochondria from Ancient Hair Shafts"

AU - Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius

AU - Miller, Webb

AU - Schuster, Stephan C.

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - Debruyne et al. challenge the findings of our study and imply that we argue that hair shafts are an overall superior source of ancient DNA than bone. However, the authors are misreading and misinterpreting the conclusions of our study; we claim nothing further than that hair shaft represents an excellent source material for the shotgun sequencing of mitochondrial DNA genomes.

AB - Debruyne et al. challenge the findings of our study and imply that we argue that hair shafts are an overall superior source of ancient DNA than bone. However, the authors are misreading and misinterpreting the conclusions of our study; we claim nothing further than that hair shaft represents an excellent source material for the shotgun sequencing of mitochondrial DNA genomes.

U2 - 10.1126/science.1158565

DO - 10.1126/science.1158565

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0036-8075

VL - 322

SP - 857

JO - Science

JF - Science

IS - 5903

ER -