Selected Publications:

Matheson, C.D., Marion, T.E., Hayter, S., Esau, N., Praymak, R. and Vernon, K.K. (In Press AJPA) Technical Note: Removal of metal ion inhibition encountered during DNA extraction and amplification of copper preserved archaeological bone using Size Exclusion Chromatography

Lamers R, Hayter S, and Matheson CD. 2009. Postmortem miscoding lesions in sequence analysis of human ancient mitochondrial DNA. J Mol Evol 68(1):40-55.

Matheson CD, Muller GC, Junnila A, Vernon K, Hausmann A, Miller MA, Greenblatt C, and Schlein Y. 2008. A PCR method for detection of plant meals from the guts of insects. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 7(4):294-303.

Seco-Morais J, Oom MM, Quesada F, and Matheson CD. 2007. Ancient Iberian horses: a method to recover DNA from archaeological samples buried under sub-optimal conditions for preservation. J Arch Sci 37:1713-1719.

Miller MA, Muller GC, Kravchenko VD, Junnila A, Vernon KK, Matheson CD, and Hausmann A. 2006. DNA-based identification of Lepidoptera larvae and plant meals from their gut contents. Russ Entomol J 15(4):427-432.

Donoghue HD, Marcsik A, Matheson C, Vernon K, Nuorala E, Molto JE, Greenblatt CL, and Spigelman M. 2005. Co-infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae in human archaeological samples: a possible explanation for the historical decline of leprosy. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 272(1561):389-394.

Larcombe LA, Nickerson P, Hoppa RD, and Matheson C. 2005. Detection of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the IL-6 promoter region of ancient nuclear DNA. Infect Genet Evol 5(2):117-122.

Donoghue HD, Spigelman M, Greenblatt CL, Lev-Maor G, Bar-Gal GK, Matheson C, Vernon K, Nerlich AG, and Zink AR. 2004. Tuberculosis: from prehistory to Robert Koch, as revealed by ancient DNA. Lancet Infect Dis 4(9):584-592.

Matheson C, Praymak R, Lahti A, Luukkonen P, Tiesler Blos V, and Vernon K. 2003. The Ancient Populations of the Maya: Moving towards a Regional Genetic Study. Los Investigadores de la Cultura Maya 11.

Matheson CD, and Brian D. 2003. The molecular taphonomy of biological molecules and biomarkers of disease. In: Greenblatt CL, and Spigelman M, editors. Emerging Pathogens: The Archaeology, Ecology, and Evolution of Infectioud Disease. New York: Oxford University Press. p 125-142.

Schmerer WM. 2003a. Extraction of ancient DNA. Methods Mol Biol 226:57-62.

Schmerer WM. 2003b. Reduction of shadow band synthesis during PCR amplification of repetitive sequences from modern and ancient DNA. Methods Mol Biol 226:309-314.

Ubelaker DH, Spigelman M, Donoghue HD, Fletcher HA, Matheson CD, and Jones EB. 2003. Evaluation of Evidence for Tuberculosis. In: Ubelaker DH, and Jones EB, editors. Human Remains from Voegtly Cemetary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Washington. p 44-46.

Lahti A, Mallory F, Hamilton S, Matheson C, and Molto E. 2002. Molecular Genetics and the Canidae Connection: A Pilot Study. Tempus 7:221-227.

Spigelman M, Matheson CD, Lev G, Greenblatt C, and Donoghue HD. 2002. Confirmation of the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex-specific DNA in three archaeological specimens. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(6): 393-401.

Graver A, Molto JE, Parr RL, Walters S, Praymak RC, and Maki J. 2000. Mithochondrial DNA Research in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt: A Preliminary Report. Ancient Biomolecules 3:239-253.

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