3 papers
q-bio.GN2024
DNA Fragments in Crude Oil Reveals Earth's Hidden History
Wan-Qian Zhao, Zhan-Yong Guo, Yu-Qi Guo +16
This groundbreaking research extracted DNA from petroleum using nanoparticle affinity bead technology, yielding 3,159,020 petroleum DNA (pDNA) sequences, primarily environmental DN…
q-bio.GN2024
Ancient DNA from 120-Million-Year-Old Lycoptera Fossils Reveals Evolutionary Insights
Wan-Qian Zhao, Zhan-Yong Guo, Zeng-Yuan Tian +20
High quality ancient DNA (aDNA) is essential for molecular paleontology. Due to DNA degradation and contamination by environmental DNA (eDNA), current research is limited to fossil…
q-bio.GN2024
Emerging Challenges in Molecular Paleontology: Misapplication of Environmental DNA Fragments and Misconception of Deamination as a Key Criterion for In Situ DNA Identification
Wan-Qian Zhao, Shu-Jie Zhang, Zhan-Yong Guo +9
This article critically examines the methodologies applied in ancient DNA (aDNA) research, particularly those developed by Dr. Pääbo's team, which have significantly influenced t…