Matthias Meyer
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Matthias Meyer | |
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Institutions | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
Doctoral advisors | Michael Hofreiter |
Notable students | Marie-Theres Gansauge |
Website | www |
Matthias Meyer is a German evolutionary geneticist working primarily with ancient DNA. Meyer is the leader of the Advanced DNA sequencing techniques group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.[1]
Research
[edit]Meyer has developed methods that have improved the scope of DNA sequencing, including methods for indexing of sequencing libraries of double-stranded DNA and extraction of highly degraded DNA from sediments.[2][3][4] His work has been instrumental for the generation of the first high-quality genome sequences from archaic humans as well as the recovery of the oldest DNA sequences known to date from fossils not discovered in permafrost.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Leipzig, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. "Dept. of Genetics | Advanced DNA sequencing techniques | Group Staff". www.eva.mpg.de. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ Ewen, Callaway. "Ancient-human genomes plucked from cave dirt". Nature. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Meyer M, Kircher M (2010). "Illumina sequencing library preparation for highly multiplexed target capture and sequencing". Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2010 (6): pdb.prot5448. doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5448. PMID 20516186.
- ^ Rohland N, Glocke I, Aximu-Petri A, Meyer M (2018). "Extraction of highly degraded DNA from ancient bones, teeth and sediments for high-throughput sequencing". Nat Protoc. 13 (11): 2447–2461. doi:10.1038/s41596-018-0050-5. PMID 30323185. S2CID 256839823.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Meyer M, Kircher M, Gansauge MT, Li H, Racimo F, Mallick S; et al. (2012). "A high-coverage genome sequence from an archaic Denisovan individual". Science. 338 (6104): 222–6. doi:10.1126/science.1224344. PMC 3617501. PMID 22936568.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Meyer M, Arsuaga JL, de Filippo C, Nagel S, Aximu-Petri A, Nickel B; et al. (2016). "Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins". Nature. 531 (7595): 504–7. doi:10.1038/nature17405. PMID 26976447. S2CID 4467094.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Bridget, Alex. "Ancient-human genomes plucked from cave dirt". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 2 August 2020.