Publications by authors named "Alexander J E Pryor"
Article Synopsis
- This paper studies ancient horses to learn where they were from and how they moved around during medieval times.
- The horses were found in a special cemetery in Westminster, London, and tests on their teeth helped reveal their origins and diets.
- Results showed some horses came from cold places like Scandinavia, and the findings show how important horse trading was for rich people in medieval London.
Mol Ecol Resour
April 2022
Article Synopsis
- DNA hybridization-capture techniques help researchers focus on specific genomic regions, which is particularly beneficial for studying ancient DNA (aDNA) that often contains more environmental DNA than the target material.
- hyRAD is introduced as a budget-friendly, design-free method that uses double enzymatic restriction to create RNA probes for capturing targeted regions in aDNA, yielding impressive results from samples with low endogenous content.
- The study highlights the effectiveness of hyRAD, noting that it can enhance data quality and coverage, and has developed an automated protocol to streamline processing, making it a viable option for reconstructing ancestral genetic data.
