Table 3 Empirical mitochondrial datasets. The numbers in parentheses represent the deamination rates when conditioning on the other end of the fragment being deaminated for heavily contaminated samples
From: Schmutzi: estimation of contamination and endogenous mitochondrial consensus calling for ancient DNA
Sample | mtDNA | Deamination | Present-day | Library ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ID | coverage | rates (%) | contamination | and reference | |
(×) | 5′ | 3′ | |||
Altai Neanderthal | 1076 | 5.7 | 28.4 | Low (∼1 %) | L9198 from [12] |
Denisovan | 258 | 14.8 | 33.9 | Low (∼1 %) | B1108 from [20] |
Ust’-ishim | 124 | 2.7 | 3.4 | Low (∼1 %) | B3899 from [19] |
Mezmaiskaya Neanderthal B9687 | 711 | 8.8 (17.3) | 13.3 (25.8) | High (∼40–50 %) | B9687 from [21] |
Mezmaiskaya Neanderthal B9688 | 636 | 8.5 (15.0) | 12.7 (24.1) | High (∼40–50 %) | B9688 from [21] |