Table 2 Characteristics of the mtDNA molecules isolated from the Salkhit skullcap

From: Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Pleistocene hominin from Salkhit Mongolia

Library

#Unique mapped fragments (>=35 bp)

mtDNA coverage

Contamination estimate (%)

5’ C to T frequency (%)

Cond. 5’ C to T frequency (%)

3’ C to T frequency (%)

Cond. 3’ C to T frequency (%)

#deam. fragments

mtDNA coverage (deam. only)

Contamination estimate (%) (deam. only)

Salkhit - B

67,434

230.4

19.6

41.6

44.9

25.7

27.3

10,795

35.0

4.1

Salkhit - C

67,340

232.1

35.2

40.2

45.2

24.4

27.4

16,839

32.9

1.6

Salkhit - D

130,110

466.4

42.6

34.9

41.7

20.6

26.0

10,390

55.1

3.7

Negative control

64

0.2

–

14.3

0

7.1

0

4

0.01

–

  1. The contamination proportion is estimated based on positions 10,364 and 14,578 (in the rCRS reference genome) diagnostic of the Salkhit individual
  2. Cond. conditional, deam. deaminated
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