Complete mitochondrial genome sequencing reveals double-buried Jomon individuals excavated from the Ikawazu shell-mound site were not in a mother–child relationship

• DOI: 10.1537/ase.220129
• Publication Date: 2022-05-18T22:09:35Z
• Authors: DAISUKE WAKU; TAKASHI GAKUHARI; KAE KOGANEBUCHI; MINORU YONEDA; OSAMU KONDO; TADAYUKI MASUYAMA; YASUHIRO YAMADA; HIROKI OOTA
• Keywords: Sequence (biology)

A draft whole genome sequence of a Jomon woman from the Ikawazu shell-mound site has been reported recently. The adult woman, IK002, was excavated with child, IK001. Because burial situation child located above adult, two individuals were thought to be mother–child relationship. In this study, we conducted target capture sequencing, and obtained 258-fold coverage complete mitochondrial (mt) Comparing mtDNA nucleotide sequences IK001 found these unambiguously different each other. Thus, mitogenome analysis clarified that both have non-mother–child This result sheds new light on relationship between kinship in archaeology.