The ancient DNA revolution: the latest era in unearthing New Zealand’s faunal history

Did interaction between human pressure and Little Ice Age drive biological turnover in New Zealand?

(2017) Jonathan M. Waters et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Changing perspectives upon Māori colonisation voyaging

(2017) Atholl Anderson   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND

The origin and phylogenetic relationships of the New Zealand ravens

(2017) R. Paul Scofield et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Ancient DNA and morphometric analysis reveal extinction and replacement of New Zealand's unique black swans

(2017) Nicolas J. Rawlence et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from Pleistocene sediments

(2017) Viviane Slon et al.   SCIENCE

Phylogeny and new taxonomy of the Booted Eagles (Accipitriformes: Aquilinae)

(2017) HEATHER LERNER et al.   ZOOTAXA

Time to Spread Your Wings: A Review of the Avian Ancient DNA Field

(2017) Alicia Grealy et al.   Genes

Is there a future for genome-editing technologies in conservation?

(2016) J. A. Johnson et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Managing shifting species: Ancient DNA reveals conservation conundrums in a dynamic world

(2016) Jonathan M. Waters et al.   BIOESSAYS

European Colonization, Not Polynesian Arrival, Impacted Population Size and Genetic Diversity in the Critically Endangered New Zealand Kākāpō

(2016) Laura M. Bergner et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Human-mediated extirpation of the unique Chatham Islands sea lion and implications for the conservation management of remaining New Zealand sea lion populations

(2016) Nicolas J. Rawlence et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Complete mitochondrial genomes of eleven extinct or possibly extinct bird species

(2016) Jarl A. Anmarkrud et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Ancient mitochondrial genomes clarify the evolutionary history of New Zealand’s enigmatic acanthisittid wrens

(2016) Kieren J. Mitchell et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Myth or relict: Does ancient DNA detect the enigmatic Upland seal?

(2016) Alexander T. Salis et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

LNCediting: a database for functional effects of RNA editing in lncRNAs

(2016) Jing Gong et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Explosive ice age diversification of kiwi

(2016) Jason T. Weir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Invader or resident? Ancient-DNA reveals rapid species turnover in New Zealand little penguins

(2016) Stefanie Grosser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Origin and timing of New Zealand's earliest domestic chickens: Polynesian commensals or European introductions?

(2016) Jamie R. Wood et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Dispersal and speciation in purple swamphens (Rallidae:Porphyrio)

(2015) Juan C. Garcia-R. et al.   AUK

New Zealand Passerines Help Clarify the Diversification of Major Songbird Lineages during the Oligocene

(2015) Gillian C. Gibb et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Lack of support for the time-dependent molecular evolution hypothesis

(2015) Brent C. Emerson et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Geographically contrasting biodiversity reductions in a widespread New Zealand seabird

(2015) Nicolas J. Rawlence et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Time-dependent estimates of molecular evolutionary rates: evidence and causes

(2015) Simon Y. W. Ho et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

(2015) Richard O. Prum et al.   NATURE

Ancient and Contemporary DNA Reveal a Pre-Human Decline but No Population Bottleneck Associated with Recent Human Persecution in the Kea (Nestor notabilis)

(2015) Nicolas Dussex et al.   PLoS One

A critical evaluation of how ancient DNA bulk bone metabarcoding complements traditional morphological analysis of fossil assemblages

(2015) Alicia C. Grealy et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Radiocarbon-dating and ancient DNA reveal rapid replacement of extinct prehistoric penguins

(2015) Nicolas J. Rawlence et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Coalescent Modelling Suggests Recent Secondary-Contact of Cryptic Penguin Species

(2015) Stefanie Grosser et al.   PLoS One

Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of New Zealand’s First Dogs

(2015) Karen Greig et al.   PLoS One

Reconstruction and in vivo analysis of the extinct tbx5 gene from ancient wingless moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes)

(2014) Leon Huynen et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Selective enrichment of damaged DNA molecules for ancient genome sequencing

(2014) Marie-Theres Gansauge et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Detection of Ancient DNA ofEncephalitozoon intestinalis(Microsporidia) in Archaeological Material

(2014) Eva Myšková et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Using palaeoenvironmental DNA to reconstruct past environments: progress and prospects

(2014) NICOLAS J. RAWLENCE et al.   JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE

Morphological and ancient DNA analyses reveal inaccurate labels on two of Buller's bird specimens

(2014) NJ Rawlence et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND

Deep global evolutionary radiation in birds: Diversification and trait evolution in the cosmopolitan bird family Rallidae

(2014) Juan C. Garcia-R et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

(2014) Eske Willerslev et al.   NATURE

Eocene Diversification of Crown Group Rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae)

(2014) Juan C. García–R et al.   PLoS One

Using ancient DNA to study the origins and dispersal of ancestral Polynesian chickens across the Pacific

(2014) Vicki A. Thomson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Separating endogenous ancient DNA from modern day contamination in a Siberian Neandertal

(2014) Pontus Skoglund et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extinction and recolonization of coastal megafauna following human arrival in New Zealand

(2014) C. J. Collins et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Late Quaternary terrestrial vertebrate coprolites from New Zealand

(2014) Jamie R. Wood et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

A high-precision chronology for the rapid extinction of New Zealand moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes)

(2014) George L.W. Perry et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

A Paleogenomic Perspective on Evolution and Gene Function: New Insights from Ancient DNA

(2014) B. Shapiro et al.   SCIENCE

Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution

(2014) K. J. Mitchell et al.   SCIENCE

An extinct nestorid parrot (Aves, Psittaciformes, Nestoridae) from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand

(2014) Jamie R. Wood et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Uncovering cryptic evolutionary diversity in extant and extinct populations of the southern Australian arid zone Western and Thick-billed Grasswrens (Passeriformes: Maluridae: Amytornis)

(2013) Jeremy J. Austin et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Pre-human New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) rookeries on mainland New Zealand

(2013) CJ Collins et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND

Ancient mitochondrial genome reveals unsuspected taxonomic affinity of the extinct Chatham duck (Pachyanas chathamica) and resolves divergence times for New Zealand and sub-Antarctic brown teals

(2013) Kieren J. Mitchell et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse

(2013) Ludovic Orlando et al.   NATURE

Single-stranded DNA library preparation for the sequencing of ancient or damaged DNA

(2013) Marie-Theres Gansauge et al.   Nature Protocols

A Megafauna’s Microfauna: Gastrointestinal Parasites of New Zealand’s Extinct Moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes)

(2013) Jamie R. Wood et al.   PLoS One

Resolving lost herbivore community structure using coprolites of four sympatric moa species (Aves: Dinornithiformes)

(2013) J. R. Wood et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleistocene cave bear reconstructed from ultrashort DNA fragments

(2013) J. Dabney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Scrapheap Challenge: A novel bulk-bone metabarcoding method to investigate ancient DNA in faunal assemblages

(2013) Dáithí C. Murray et al.   Scientific Reports

A Lost Link between a Flightless Parrot and a Parasitic Plant and the Potential Role of Coprolites in Conservation Paleobiology

(2012) Jamie R. Wood et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Using ancient DNA to enhance museum collections: a case study of rare kiwi (Apteryxspp.) specimens

(2012) LD Shepherd et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND

Soft-tissue specimens from pre-European extinct birds of New Zealand

(2012) NJ Rawlence et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND

Twenty-first century advances in knowledge of the biology of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes): a new morphological analysis and moa diagnoses revised

(2012) TH Worthy et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

High-Resolution Coproecology: Using Coprolites to Reconstruct the Habits and Habitats of New Zealand’s Extinct Upland Moa (Megalapteryx didinus)

(2012) Jamie R. Wood et al.   PLoS One

Ancient DNA Analyses Reveal Contrasting Phylogeographic Patterns amongst Kiwi (Apteryx spp.) and a Recently Extinct Lineage of Spotted Kiwi

(2012) Lara D. Shepherd et al.   PLoS One

Serial population extinctions in a small mammal indicate Late Pleistocene ecosystem instability

(2012) S. Brace et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

(2012) M. E. Allentoft et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The effect of climate and environmental change on the megafaunal moa of New Zealand in the absence of humans

(2012) Nicolas J. Rawlence et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Ancient DNA analyses of early archaeological sites in New Zealand reveal extreme exploitation of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) at all life stages

(2012) Charlotte L. Oskam et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Moa's Ark or volant ghosts of Gondwana? Insights from nineteen years of ancient DNA research on the extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) of New Zealand

(2011) Morten E. Allentoft et al.   ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER

Setting the stage – Building and working in an ancient DNA laboratory

(2011) Michael Knapp et al.   ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER

Ancient DNA Recovers the Origins of Māori Feather Cloaks

(2011) K. Hartnup et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molecular and morphological evidences place the extinct New Zealand endemic Turnagra capensis in the Oriolidae

(2011) Dario Zuccon et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The New Zealand Thrush: An Extinct Oriole

(2011) Ulf S. Johansson et al.   PLoS One

Amplification and sequencing of Trichuris trichiura ancient DNA extracted from archaeological sediments

(2010) Chang Seok Oh et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo

(2010) Morten Rasmussen et al.   NATURE

Substitutions in woolly mammoth hemoglobin confer biochemical properties adaptive for cold tolerance

(2010) Kevin L Campbell et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Fossil avian eggshell preserves ancient DNA

(2010) C. L. Oskam et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Highly skewed sex ratios and biased fossil deposition of moa: ancient DNA provides new insight on New Zealand's extinct megafauna

(2010) Morten E. Allentoft et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Moa’s Ark: Miocene fossils reveal the great antiquity of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) in Zealandia. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy

(2010) Alan J. D. Tennyson et al.   RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome

(2010) R. E. Green et al.   SCIENCE

Identification of microsatellites from an extinct moa species using high-throughput (454) sequence data

(2009) Morten E. Allentoft et al.   BIOTECHNIQUES

Recovery of DNA from archaeological insect remains: first results, problems and potential

(2009) Gary A. King et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Support for vicariant origins of the New Zealand Onychophora

(2009) Julia Allwood et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae)

(2009) David G. Chapple et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography

(2009) M. Bunce et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lost in translation or deliberate falsification? Genetic analyses reveal erroneous museum data for historic penguin specimens

(2009) S. Boessenkool et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

DNA content and distribution in ancient feathers and potential to reconstruct the plumage of extinct avian taxa

(2009) N. J. Rawlence et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Tinamous and Moa Flock Together: Mitochondrial Genome Sequence Analysis Reveals Independent Losses of Flight among Ratites

(2009) Matthew J. Phillips et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

High mitogenomic evolutionary rates and time dependency

(2009) Sankar Subramanian et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Mitochondrial DNA evidence for the spread of Pacific rats through Oceania

(2008) Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Ancient DNA and conservation: lessons from the endangered kiwi of New Zealand

(2008) L. D SHEPHERD et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Evolution of New Zealand's terrestrial fauna: a review of molecular evidence

(2008) J. Goldberg et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dating the late prehistoric dispersal of Polynesians to New Zealand using the commensal Pacific rat

(2008) J. M. Wilmshurst et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Relict or colonizer? Extinction and range expansion of penguins in southern New Zealand

(2008) S. Boessenkool et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Coprolite deposits reveal the diet and ecology of the extinct New Zealand megaherbivore moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes)

(2008) J WOOD et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Recovery of DNA and pollen from New Zealand lake sediments

(2007) Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL