Matthias Meyer
German geneticist
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Matthias Meyer is a German evolutionary geneticist working primarily with ancient DNA. Meyer is the leader of the Advanced DNA sequencing techniques group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.[1]
Matthias Meyer | |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
| Doctoral advisors | Michael Hofreiter |
| Notable students | Marie-Theres Gansauge |
| Website | www |
Research
Meyer has developed methods that have improved the scope of DNA sequencing, including methods for indexing of sequencing libraries of double-stranded DNA and extraction of highly degraded DNA from sediments.[2][3][4] His work has been instrumental for the generation of the first high-quality genome sequences from archaic humans as well as the recovery of the oldest DNA sequences known to date from fossils not discovered in permafrost.[5][6][7]