#environmentalDNA
#evolution
#populationdynamics
OA paper "Ground squirrel coprolites preserve complex archives of ancient environmental DNA over 700,000 years"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Arctic coprolites contained "a mix of genetic material from animals, plants, and microbes. Most came
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Ancient faeces are powerful archives of ancient environmental DNA with the potential to illuminate both ecosystem history and evolution. This study shows that arctic ground squirrel droppings from the...