Ancient olive DNA in pits: preservation, amplification and sequence analysis

Elbaum, Rivka; Melamed-Bessudo, Cathy; Boaretto, Elisabetta; Galili, Ehud; Lev‐Yadun, Simcha; Levy, Avraham A.; Weiner, Steve

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2005.06.011

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“…One advantage of Prunus fruit stones for aDNA studies is that they are large enough for separate analysis of maternal tissues, and for replicated results from the same individual stone. Another example is the successful DNA analysis of waterlogged olive fruit stones Veget Hist Archaeobot (2008) 17:233-244 235 (Elbaum et al 2005), which opens up the possibility for understanding the complex domestication history of this species.…”

Section: Cultivated Plants-cereals and Fruitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ancient plant DNA in archaeobotany

Schlumbaum

Tensen

Jaenicke-Després

2007

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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Plant diaspores, tissues and wood are preserved in natural and anthropogenic sediments. Also, over the past centuries, plants have been collected in herbaria. These plant remains carry macroscopic and molecular information, making them a rich source for reconstructing past plant use, agriculture, diet or vegetation-they are thus proxies for past economies, ecology, migrations or trade. This article focuses on the application of ancient DNA analyses from plants excavated at Holocene archaeological sites. A short methodological section is added to illustrate possibilities and limitations of ancient DNA research in plants.

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Section: Cultivated Plants-cereals and Fruitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, waterlogged plant remains with a hardy exocarp, such as grape seeds, cherry or olive fruit stones, have been shown to be a good source of ancient DNA (Manen et al 2003;Elbaum et al 2005;Pollmann et al 2005).…”

Section: Preservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ancient plant DNA in archaeobotany

Schlumbaum

Tensen

Jaenicke-Després

2007

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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“…Ancient DNA (aDNA) has been recovered from charred wheat grains from an Iron Age hillfort (Allaby et al, 1994) and a Neolithic lakeshore dwelling (Schlumbaum et al, 1998), from desiccated Egyptian barley (Palmer et al, 2009), sorghum (Deakin et al, 1998, radish (O'Donoghue et al, 1996), wheat (Blatter et al, 2002a) and maize (Freitas et al, 2003), as well as waterlogged Prunus (Pollmann et al, 2005), grape pips (Manen et al, 2003) and olive stones (Elbaum et al, 2005).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%