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. 2010 Jun 28;38(16):e161. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq572

Table 2.

PEP results on modern, UV-irradiated and ancient DNA

Samplea Sequence identity Average fragment size (bp)b Extension products sequenced
Proportion of molecules with blocking lesions (%) / per-base frequency of blocking lesions (%)
All Terminated Term (%)
Modern horse, fraction 1 All sequences 91.6 6419 1028 16.0
Horse (87.9%) 91.5 5643 627 11.1 0/0
Modern horse, fraction 2 All sequences 124.6 8885 1228 13.8
Horse (94.1%) 124.4 8360 980 11.7 0/0
Modern horse, fraction 1, UV All sequences 87.6 4526 1927 42.6
Horse (94.1%) 88.9 3440 1091 31.7 26/0.3
Ancient horse 1 >47k YBP All sequences 154.9 2023 1151 56.9
Horse (3.8%) 153.8 77 32 41.6 39/0.3
Ancient horse 2 27k YBP All sequences 120.7 9030 1982 21.9
Horse (91.6%) 120.8 8314 1608 19.3 10/0.1
Mammoth 43k YBP All sequences 154.6 8458 2762 32.7
Elephant (2.1%) 115.4 174 22 12.6 2/∼0.0
Cave bear 42k YBP All sequences 113.3 1542 822 53.3
Dog (1.2%) 125.0 18 7 38.9 36/0.4

aAge of ancient samples is denoted in ‘years before present’ (YBP) as determined by C14 dating.

bThe average fragment size was inferred from complete extension products only.