Eye and hair color prediction of an early medieval adult and subadult skeleton using massive parallel sequencing technology.

ABSTRACT: Phenotypic trait prediction in ancient DNA analysis can provide information about the external appearance of individuals from past human populations. Some studies predicting eye and hair color in ancient adult skeletons have been published, but not for ancient subadult skeletons, which are more prone to decay. In this study, eye and hair color were predicted for an early medieval adult skeleton and a subadult skeleton that was anthropologically characterized as a middle-aged man and a subadult of unknown sex about 6 years old. When processing the petrous bones, precautions were taken to prevent contamination with modern DNA. The MillMix tissue homogenizer was used for grinding, 0.5 g of bone powder was decalcified, and DNA was purified in Biorobot EZ1. The PowerQuant System was used for qu

SUBMITTER: Zupanic Pajnic I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10421759 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature