Table 1.
Ancient brown bear samples and sequencing results
| Sample | Age (kya) | Location | Sample type | Total number of reads | Number of reads mapped | Percentage of mitogenome recovered | Mean coverage (number of unique reads per position) | NCBI accession number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U2 Chu | ~40 | Chumysh river (53.40°N, 85.74°E) | Tibia | 670 582 | 4427 | 97.4 | 21.8 | MW991397 |
| U3 Chi | ~30 | Chik river (55.00°N, 82.42°E) | Ulna | 537 611 | 1948 | 91.0 | 8.7 | MW991398 |
| U16 Kol | 4.2–3.6 | Kolyvan-1 (51.3745°N, 82.2144°E) | Tooth | 2 977 306 | 1398 | 96.7 | 6.7 | MW991399 |
| U17 DC4 | ~5.5 | Denisova Cave, layer 4 (51.3975°N, 84.6750°E) | Unidentifiable bone | 1 843 902 | 11 716 | 99.8 | 76.6 | MW991400 |