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SUBMITTER: Liu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9950528 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Xuexue X Seguin-Orlando Andaine A Chauvey Lorelei L Tressières Gaëtan G Schiavinato Stéphanie S Tonasso-Calvière Laure L Aury Jean-Marc JM Perdereau Aude A Wagner Stefanie S Clavel Pierre P Estrada Oscar O Pan Jianfei J Ma Yuehui Y Enk Jacob J Devault Alison A Klunk Jennifer J Lepetz Sébastien S Clavel Benoit B Jiang Lin L Wincker Patrick P Collin Yvette Running Horse YRH Sarkissian Clio Der C Orlando Ludovic L
iScience 20230205 3
Age profiling of archaeological bone assemblages can inform on past animal management practices, but is limited by the fragmentary nature of the fossil record and the lack of universal skeletal markers for age. DNA methylation clocks offer new, albeit challenging, alternatives for estimating the age-at-death of ancient individuals. Here, we take advantage of the availability of a DNA methylation clock based on 31,836 CpG sites and dental age markers in horses to assess age predictions in 84 anci ...[more]