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Unravelling the ancient fungal DNA from the Iceman’s gut

2024-01-25

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Here, we explore the possible ancient fungal species in the gut of Ötzi, the Iceman, a naturally mummified human found in the Tyrolean Alps (border between Italy and Austria). While ancient DNA (aDNA) has been extensively used to study human, animal, and plant evolution, this research focuses on ancient microbial diversity, specifically fungi. Fungal DNA is often underestimated in metagenomic samples, however here...

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Literature Corpus work: 77fc7e9e-4cb4-50d3-97b6-77c0c90def29
DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.24.576930

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