Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Ancient marine sediment DNA reveals diatom transition in Antarctica

  • Linda Armbrecht,
  • Michael E. Weber,
  • Maureen E. Raymo,
  • Victoria L. Peck,
  • Trevor Williams,
  • Jonathan Warnock,
  • Yuji Kato,
  • Iván Hernández-Almeida,
  • Frida Hoem,
  • Brendan Reilly,
  • Sidney Hemming,
  • Ian Bailey,
  • Yasmina M. Martos,
  • Marcus Gutjahr,
  • Vincent Percuoco,
  • Claire Allen,
  • Stefanie Brachfeld,
  • Fabricio G. Cardillo,
  • Zhiheng Du,
  • Gerson Fauth,
  • Chris Fogwill,
  • Marga Garcia,
  • Anna Glüder,
  • Michelle Guitard,
  • Ji-Hwan Hwang,
  • Mutsumi Iizuka,
  • Bridget Kenlee,
  • Suzanne O’Connell,
  • Lara F. Pérez,
  • Thomas A. Ronge,
  • Osamu Seki,
  • Lisa Tauxe,
  • Shubham Tripathi,
  • Xufeng Zheng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33494-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Sedimentary ancient DNA can indicate ecosystem-wide changes. Here, the authors show association between warm phases and high diatom abundance in the Antarctic Scotia Sea, in addition to presenting ancient eukaryote sedimentary DNA spanning the last approximately 1 million years.