| Value |
521
years
|
| Organism |
Extinct New Zealand moa |
| Reference |
Morten E. Allentoft et al., The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils, Proc Biol Sci. 2012 Dec 7 279(1748):4724-33. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1745 abstract and p.4727 right column 3rd paragraph and p.4729 fig.4bPubMed ID23055061
|
| Method |
P.4725 right column 2nd paragraph:"In an attempt to document a correlation between sample age and DNA preservation, [researchers] use a quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) design to measure relative copy
numbers of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) fragments from bones of the extinct New Zealand moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes)." |
| Comments |
Abstract:"The average DNA half-life within this geographically constrained fossil assemblage was estimated to be
521 years for a 242 bp mtDNA sequence, corresponding to a per nucleotide fragmentation rate (k) of
5.5×10^–6 per year." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108267 |