Extracting Ancient DNA

Ancient DNA: Extraction, characterization, molecular cloning, and enzymatic amplification. PDF The DNA obtained was invariably of a low average molecular size and damaged by oxidative processes, but PCR can be used to amplify and study short mitochondrial DNA sequences thatare of anthropological and evolutionary significance. SVANTE PAABO, PNAS.

Getting DNA from Old Dead Stuff DNA Isolation from museum specimens: 1) what's the best tissue to sample; 2) what's the best way to get DNA out of that tissue? 1) the easiest well-dried tissue to get, and 2) the easiest extraction methods you are comfortable doing. Travis Glenn.