Ancient DNA - Best way to extract ancient dna (Sep/02/2004 )

Hello everybody, i'm working on a protocol to extract ancient DNA from charred fossil apples, anybody knows more about special features of this type of extraction?

Thanks

This paper may be useful.

Ancient DNA: extraction, characterization, molecular cloning, and enzymatic amplification.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlere...gi?artid=286820

Also there is a protocol for ancient DNA extraction

http://www.archaeology.su.se/arklab/dnaextr.htm

Specialist in this kind of extraction see Hänni,C on pubmed who is working on ancestral DNA