Unroll Please: Deciphering the Genetic Code in Scrolls and Other Ancient Materials

David Díez-Del-Molino; Love Dalén

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.031

Unroll Please: Deciphering the Genetic Code in Scrolls and Other Ancient Materials

Cell. 2020 Jun 11;181(6):1200-1201. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.031. Epub 2020 Jun 3.

Authors

David Díez-Del-Molino¹, Love Dalén²

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Palaeogenetics, Svante Arrhenius väg 20C, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: diez.molino@gmail.com.
² Centre for Palaeogenetics, Svante Arrhenius väg 20C, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 32497501
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.05.031

Abstract

The unrelenting development of ancient DNA methods now allows researchers to obtain archaeogenetic data from increasingly diverse sources. In a new study in this issue of Cell, researchers apply the latest DNA technologies to unravel the mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls, one of the world's most famous and influential sets of ancient parchments.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

DNA, Ancient*
Genetic Code

Substances

DNA, Ancient