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| Title |
Computational analyses of ancient pathogen DNA from herbarium samples: challenges and prospects
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Plant Science, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpls.2015.00771 |
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| Authors |
Kentaro Yoshida, Eriko Sasaki, Sophien Kamoun |
| Abstract |
The application of DNA sequencing technology to the study of ancient DNA has enabled the reconstruction of past epidemics from genomes of historically important plant-associated microbes. Recently, the genome sequences of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans were analyzed from 19th century herbarium specimens. These herbarium samples originated from infected potatoes collected during and after the Irish potato famine. Herbaria have therefore great potential to help elucidate past epidemics of crops, date the emergence of pathogens, and inform about past pathogen population dynamics. DNA preservation in herbarium samples was unexpectedly good, raising the possibility of a whole new research area in plant and microbial genomics. However, the recovered DNA can be extremely fragmented resulting in specific challenges in reconstructing genome sequences. Here we review some of the challenges in computational analyses of ancient DNA from herbarium samples. We also applied the recently developed linkage method to haplotype reconstruction of diploid or polyploid genomes from fragmented ancient DNA. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 19 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 32% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 21% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Mexico | 1 | 5% |
| Sweden | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 4 | 21% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 11 | 58% |
| Members of the public | 8 | 42% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 47 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 45 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 13% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 17% |
| Unknown | 4 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 32 | 68% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 9% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 2% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Unknown | 5 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 October 2016.
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#11
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