Ancient DNA Extraction from Dental Calculus v1

• DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.bidyka7w
• Publication Date: 2020-10-30T09:33:53Z
• Authors: Franziska Aron; Courtney Hofman; Zandra Fagernäs; Irina Velsko; Eirini Skourtanioti; Guido Brandt; Christina Warinner

Silica-based total DNA extraction protocol optimised for the recovery of ultra-short DNA molecules from archaeological dental calculus, modified from Dabney et al. (2013) PNAS (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1314445110) and adapted for dental calculus by Mann et al. (2018) Scientific Reports (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28091-9).