Recent Publications, D. Y. Yang
Journal Articles since 2003
2010 Speller, C.F., B.M. Kemp, S.D. Wyatt, C. Monroe, W.D. Lipe,
U.M. Arndt, and D.Y. Yang. 2010. "Ancient Mitochondrial DNA Analysis
Reveals Complexity of Indigenous North American Turkey Domestication." Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (7): 2807-2812. [PDF] [supporting information PDF]
2010 Loreille, O.M., R.L. Parr, K.A. McGregor, C.M. Fitzpatrick,
C. Lyon, D.Y. Yang, C.F. Speller,
M.R. Grimm, M.J. Grimm, J.A. Irwin, and E.M. Robinson. 2010. "Integrated DNA and Fingerprint Analyses in the
Identification of 60-Year-Old Mummified Human Remains Discovered in an Alaskan
Glacier." Journal of Forensic Sciences 55 (3): 813-818. [PDF]
2009 Cai, D.W., Z.W. Tang, L. Han, C.F.
Speller, D.Y. Yang, X.L. Ma, J.E.
Cao, H. Zhu, and H. Zhou. 2009.
"Ancient DNA Provides New Insights into the Origin of the Chinese Domestic
Horse." Journal of Archaeological Science 36 (3): 835-842. [PDF]
2008 Blow, M.J., T. Zhang, T. Woyke,
C.F. Speller, A. Krivoshapkin, D.Y. Yang, A. Derevianko, E. M. Rubin. 2008. Identification of Ancient Remains through Genomic Sequencing. Genome
Research 18: 1347-1353. [PDF]
2008 D.Y.
Yang, Liu, L, X. Chen and C.F. Speller. 2008. Wild and Domesticated:
Ancient DNA Analysis of Water Buffalo Remains from North China. Journal
of Anthropological Archaeology 35: 2778-2785. [PDF]
2007 von
Hunnius, T. E., D. Yang, D. Eng, J.S. Waye and
S.R. Saunders. 2007.
Digging Deeper into the Limits of Ancient DNA Research on Syphilis. Journal
of Archaeological Science 34:2091-2100.
[PDF]
2007 Losey, R. J., D.Y. Yang, 2007. Opportunistic Whale
Hunting on the Southern Northwest Coast: Ancient DNA, Artifact,
and Ethnographic Evidence. American Antiquity 72:657-676. [PDF]
2006 Moss, M.
L., D.Y. Yang, S.D. Newsome, C.F. Speller, I. McKechnie, A.D. McMillan,
R.J. Losey, and P.L. Koch. 2006. Historical Ecology and Biogeography of North
Pacific Pinnipeds: Isotopes and Ancient DNA from
Three Archaeological Assemblages. Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology 1:165-190. [PDF]
2006 Yang,
D.Y. and C. F. Speller. 2006.
Co-Amplification of Cytochrome b and D-loop mtDNA Fragments for the Identification of Degraded DNA
Samples. Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 605-608. [PDF]
2006 Liu L., D.Y. Yang and X. Chen. 2006. The
Origins of Chinese Domestic Buffalo (Zhongguo jiayang shuiniu de qiyuan). Acta Archaeologica Sinica (Kaogu Xuebao)
(In Chinese with English Abstract) 2006(2): 141-178.
2006 Cannon,
A. and D.Y. Yang. 2006.
Early Storage and Sedentism on the
2006 Yang,
D.Y. and C. F. Speller. 2006.
Technical Tips for Obtaining Reliable DNA Identification of Historic Remains. Technical
Briefs in Historical Archaeology 1:11-15.
[PDF]
2005 Speller,
C. F., D.Y.
Yang, and B. Hayden. 2006.
Ancient DNA Investigation of Prehistoric Salmon Resource Utilization at
2005 Yang, D.Y., J. R. Woiderski and
J. C. Driver. 2005. DNA Analysis of Archaeological Rabbit Remains from the
American Southwest. Journal of Archaeological Science 32:567-578. [PDF]
2005 Yang, D.Y., and K. Watt. 2005. Contamination Controls when
Preparing Archaeological Remains for Ancient DNA Analysis, Journal of
Archaeological Science 32:331-336.
[PDF]
2005 Katzenberg,
M.A., G. Oetelaar, J. Oetelaar, C.FitzGerald,
D.Y. Yang and S.R. Saunders. 2005. Positive Identification of an Early Pioneer in
Alberta: Skeletal and Dental age,
History and DNA, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 15:61-72.
[PDF]
2004 Yang, D.Y., A. Cannon and S.R. Saunders. 2004. DNA Species Identification of Archaeological
Salmon Bone from the
2003 Yang, D.Y., B. Eng and S. R. Saunders. 2003. Hypersensitive PCR,
Ancient Human mtDNA and Contamination. Human Biology 75:355-364. [PDF]
2003 Yang, D.Y. 2003. Contamination Controls and Detection in Ancient
DNA Studies. Acta Anthropologica
Sinica 22:163-173. (In Chinese with English Abstract)
The Original
1998 Silica-spin Column Method Paper
1998 Yang, D.Y., B. Eng, J.S. Waye,
J.C. Dudar, and S.R. Saunders. 1998. "Improved
DNA extraction from ancient bones using silica-
based spin columns." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 105
(4): 539-543. [PDF]
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