Table 1.
Speciesa | Common nameb | Tissuec | Deposit or materiald | Agee | Kind of studyf | Referencesg | aDNA extraction methodh |
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Triticum sp. | Wheat | Charred seed | Archaeobotanical remains | 8400 BC−700 AD | nuDNA amplification and sequencing | Bilgic et al., 2016 | Bilgic et al., 2016 |
Lagenaria siceraria | Bottle gourd | Fruit | Archaeobotanical remains | 10000 BP | Genotype assignment through molecular markers | Erickson et al., 2005 | Goloubinoff et al., 1993 |
Cucurbita sp. | Squash | Fruit and peduncle | Archaeobotanical remains | 10000–0 BP | ptDNA region amplification and sequencing | Kistler et al., 2015 | Kistler, 2012 |
Prunus sp. | Plum | Fruit stone | Archaeobotanical remains | 2000 BP | ptDNA region amplification and sequencing | Pollmann et al., 2005 | Höss and Pääbo, 1993; Pollmann et al., 2005 |
Olea sp. | Olive | Fruit stone | Archaeobotanical remains | 5500–4500 BP | rDNA region amplification and sequencing | Elbaum et al., 2006 | DNeasy Plant Mini kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA; Schlumbaum et al., 1998) |
Citrullus sp. | Watermelon | Leaf | Herbarium specimens | 177 BP | ptDNA, nuDNA region amplification, and sequencing | Chomicki and Renner, 2015 | Plant DNA extraction kit (NucleoSpin; Macherey–Nagel, Duren, Germany) |
Arabidopsis thaliana | Thale cress | Leaf | Herbarium specimens | 87–0 BP | Genome sequencing | Exposito-Alonso et al., 2016 | Yoshida et al., 2013 |
Hesperelaea palmeri | – | Leaf | Herbarium specimens | 75 BP | ptDNA, rDNA region amplification, and sequencing | Zedane et al., 2016 | DNeasy Plant Mini kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) |
Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies | Scots pine, Norway spruce | Pollen | Lake sediments | 100–10000 BP | ptDNA region amplification and sequencing | Parducci et al., 2005 | DNeasy Plant Mini kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) |
Many plant genera | Many genera | Pollen | Animal rumen contents | 10500 BP | ptDNA region amplification and sequencing | Van Geel et al., 2014 | Van Geel et al., 2014 |
Many genera and species, especially Ipomoea sp. | Sweet potato | Seed and piece of leaf | Lake sediments | 5000–0 BP | ptDNA region amplification and sequencing | Bremond et al., 2017 | Bremond et al., 2017 |
Chenopod sp. | Chenopod | Seeds | Archaeobotanical remains | 4000 BP | ptDNA region amplification and sequencing | Kistler and Shapiro, 2011 | DNeasy Plant Mini kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) |
Panicum sp. | Panic grass | Seeds | Archaeobotanical remains | 7900–7400 BP | ptDNA region amplification and sequencing | Fornaciari et al., 2018 | Kistler and Shapiro, 2011 |
Gossypium sp. | Cotton | Seeds | Archaeobotanical remains | 3850–750 BP | Genome sequencing | Palmer et al., 2012 | Palmer et al., 2012 |
Vitis sp. | Grape vine | Seeds | Archaeobotanical remains | 4000 BP | Targeted sequencing of ptDNA and nuDNA | Wales et al., 2016 | Manen et al., 2005; Wales et al., 2014 |
Hordeum sp. | Barley | Seeds and spikelet | Archaeobotanical remains | 6200–5800 BP | Exome sequencing | Mascher et al., 2016 | Kistler, 2012 |
Zea mays | Maize | Spikelet | Archaeobotanical remains | 5310 BP | Genome and targeted sequencing | Ramos-Madrigal et al., 2016 | Ramos-Madrigal et al., 2016 |
Olea europea, Origanum vulgare and other genera | Olive, oregano and others | Unknown | Ancient pottery | 4350 BP | ptDNA region amplification | Hansson and Foley, 2008 | Hansson and Foley, 2008 |
Many taxa | – | Unknown | Ancient herbivore middens | 30490–710 BP | ptDNA region amplification and sequencing | Murray et al., 2012 | Haile, 2012 |
Many plant families | Many plant families | Unknown | Cave sediments | 400000–50 BP | ptDNA region amplification and sequencing | Willerslev, 2003 | Willerslev, 2003 |
Many plant families | Many plant families | Unknown | Palaeofaeces | 2000 BP | ptDNA region amplification and sequencing | Poinar et al., 2001 | Poinar, 1998 |
Many plant genera | Many genera | Unknown | Human gut contents | 5000 BP | ptDNA region amplification and sequencing | Rollo et al., 2002 | Rollo et al., 2002 |
Abies sp. Pinus sp. Fagus sp. Quercus sp. | – | Wood | Archaeobotanical remains | 11500–300 BP | ptDNA region amplification and sequencing | Liepelt et al., 2006 | Plant DNA Mini Kit (Qiagen, Germany) |
Species, genera, or general taxa assigned to samples analyzed in the work.
Common name of crops most related to the analyzed sample.
Tissue used for aDNA extraction.
Material or deposit.
Age of sample reported in the work in year Before Present (BP) or in Gregorian date format.
Information regarding the kind of genetic study conducted.
Reference regarding the work.
Reference or indication regarding the method of DNA extraction used in the work.