%0 Journal Article %A Peyrégne, Stéphane %A Prüfer, Kay %+ Genetic Diversity through Space and Time, Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society %T Present-Day DNA contamination in ancient DNA datasets : %G eng %U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0006-B863-B %R 10.1002/bies.202000081 %7 2020-07-10 %D 2020 %8 10.07.2020 %* Review method: peer-reviewed %X Abstract Present-day contamination can lead to false conclusions in ancient DNA studies. A number of methods are available to estimate contamination, which use a variety of signals and are appropriate for different types of data. Here an overview of currently available methods highlighting their strengths and weaknesses is provided, and a classification based on the signals used to estimate contamination is proposed. This overview aims at enabling researchers to choose the most appropriate methods for their dataset. Based on this classification, potential avenues for the further development of methods are discussed. %K ancient DNA, contamination, paleogenomics %J BioEssays %V 42 %] 2000081