Ancient DNA comes of age, but still has some teenage problems
Alan G. Morris · South African Journal of Science · 2017
In 2015, I wrote an opinion piece¹ in this journal announcing the successful extraction of a mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence from a 2300-year-old skeleton from Saldanha Bay, South Africa².My concluding passage noted that the latest research was focused on nuclear autosomal DNA to provide data on admixture between populations and the impact of natural selection on specific genetic traits and that we could expect publication of articles on this topic in the near future.