PMDtools 0.5 – Separating Ancient DNA from Modern Contamination

PMDtools 0.5

:: DESCRIPTION

PMDtools implements a likelihood framework including postmortem damage (PMD), base quality scores and biological polymorphism to allow the identification of degraded DNA sequences that are unlikely to originate from modern contamination.

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::DEVELOPER

Jakobsson Lab

:: SCREENSHOTS

N/A

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Linux
  • Python

:: DOWNLOAD

  PMDtools

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation

P Skoglund, BH Northoff, MV Shunkov, A Derevianko, S Pääbo, J Krause, M Jakobsson (2014)
Separating ancient DNA from modern contamination in a Siberian Neandertal,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA doi:10.1073/pnas.1318934111