American Society for Microbiology, mSystems, 6(6), 2021
DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01315-21
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Like modern metagenomics, ancient metagenomics is a highly data-rich discipline, with the added challenge that the DNA of interest is degraded and, depending on the sample type, in low abundance. This requires the application of specialized measures during molecular experiments and computational analyses.