Table 1 Sample information.

From: Pros and cons of methylation-based enrichment methods for ancient DNA

Genus species

Location

Age (years Before Present)

ID

Tissue

Volume of extract captured(μl)

Total extract volume (μl)

PCR cycles

Lab

Ursus maritimus

Zhokhov Island, Russia

~8,000

PB9

bone

25

200

MBD−: 12, MBD+ : 12 + 10

1

Ursus maritimus

Zhokhov Island, Russia

~8,000

PB25

bone

25

200

MBD−: 12, MBD+ : 12 + 10

1

Ursus maritimus

Zhokhov Island, Russia

~8,000

PB44

bone

50

200

MBD−: 12, MBD+: 12 + 10

1

Equus ferus

Ice cave museum, Khatanga, Taymyr, Russia

22,887 ± 125

EQ26

bone

21.25

150

MBD−: 9 + 8, MBD+ : 12 + 11

1

Equus ferus

Ice cave museum, Khatanga, Taymyr, Russia

27,968 ± 213

EQ34

bone

21.25

150

MBD−: 9 + 9, MBD+ : 12 + 12

1

Equus ferus

Ice cave museum, Khatanga, Taymyr, Russia

21,477 ± 94

EQ36

bone

21.25

150

MBD−: 9 + 9, MBD+ : 12 + 12

1

Equus lambei

Yukon Territory, Canada

Late Wisconsinian (11,000−25,000)

EQA

bone

21.25

150

MBD−: 10 + 8, MBD+ : 13 + 10

1

Hippidion sp.

Quebrada Opache, Chile

Late Pleistocene

EQB

bone

21.25

150

MBD−: 10 + 8, MBD+ : 13 + 10

1

Hippidion saldiasi

Betecsa-1, Chile

21,070 ± 100, 21,380 ± 100

EQC

bone

21.25

150

MBD−: 10 + 8, MBD+ : 13 + 10

1

Equus (Amerhippus) sp.

GNL Quintero 1, Chile

24,890 ± 70 (bioapatite)

EQE

bone

21.25

150

MBD−: 10 + 8, MBD+ : 13 + 10

1

Hippidion sp.

Baño Nuevo-I, Chile

13,275±30

EQF

bone

21.25

150

MBD−: 10 + 8, MBD+ : 13 + 10

1

Mammuthus primigenius

Yenisei River Gulf, Taymyr Peninsula, Western Siberia

44,750 (+950/−700)

MZh_1

heart

21.25

150

MBD−: 12 + 8, MBD+ : 14 + 11

1

MZh_2

heart

21.25

150

MBD−: 8 + 6, MBD+ : 12 + 9

2

MZl_1

liver

21.25

150

MBD−: 12 + 8, MBD+ : 14 + 11

1

MZl_2

liver

21.25

150

MBD−: 8 + 6, MBD+ : 12 + 9

2

MZm_1

skeletal muscle

21.25

150

MBD−: 12 + 8, MBD+ : 14 + 11

1

MZm_2

skeletal muscle

21.25

150

MBD−: 8 + 6, MBD+ : 12 + 9

2

Mammuthus primigenius

Khroma River, Yana-Indigirka lowland, Yakutia, Eastern Siberia

≥45,000

MKm_1

skeletal muscle

21.25

150

MBD−: 12 + 8, MBD+ : 14 + 11

1

MKm_2

skeletal muscle

21.25

150

MBD−: 8 + 6, MBD+ : 12 + 9

2

MKs_1

skin

21.25

150

MBD−: 12 + 8, MBD+ : 14 + 11

1

MKs_2

skin

21.25

150

MBD−: 8 + 6, MBD+ : 12 + 9

2

MKhs_1

hair and skin

21.25

150

MBD−: 12 + 8, MBD+ : 14 + 11

1

MKhs_2

hair and skin

21.25

150

MBD−: 8 + 6, MBD+ : 12 + 9

2

MKb1_1

bone 1

21.25

150

MBD−: 12 + 8, MBD+ : 14 + 11

1

MKb1_2

bone 1

21.25

150

MBD−: 8 + 6, MBD+ : 12 + 9

2

MKb2_1

bone 2

21.25

150

MBD−: 12 + 8, MBD+ : 14 + 11

1

MKb2_2

bone 2

21.25

150

MBD−: 8+6, MBD+ : 12 + 9

2

Homo sapiens

Qeqertasussuk, Greenland

4,044 ± 31

HSSR

hair

70

80

MBD−: 8/10, MBD+ : 12 + 10/15 + 7

1

  1. Lab 1 = Sequencing Laboratory 1, Danish National High-Throughput DNA Sequencing Centre; Lab 2 = Sequencing Laboratory 2, Kurtchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia. The age of samples is provided in uncalibrated radiocarbon years, when available.