@article{fdi:010070908,
  title = {{F}ive thousand years of tropical lake sediment {DNA} records from {B}enin},
  author = {{B}remond, {L}. and {F}avier, {C}. and {F}icetola, {G}. {F}. and {T}ossou, {M}. {G}. and {A}kou{\'e}gninou, {A}. and {G}ielly, {L}. and {G}iguet-{C}ovex, {C}. and {O}slisly, {R}ichard and {S}alzmann, {U}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{U}ntil now, sedimentary {DNA} (sed{DNA}) studies have only focused on cold and temperate regions were {DNA} is relatively well preserved. {C}onsequently, the tropics, where vegetation is hyperdiverse and natural archives are rare, have been neglected and deserve attention. {I}n this study, we used next-generation sequencing to barcode sed{DNA} from {L}ake {S}ele, localized in the tropical lowlands of {B}enin ({A}frica), and compared the taxonomic diversity detected by {DNA} analyses with pollen assemblages. {P}lant sed{DNA} was successfully amplified from 33 of the 34 successfully extracted samples. {I}n total, 43 taxa were identified along the 5000 years spanned by the sediment: 22 taxa were identified at the family level and 21 at the genus level. {T}he plant diversity recovered through sed{DNA} from {L}ake {S}ele showed a specific local signal and limited overlapping with pollen. {I}ntroduced plants, grown and cultivated close to the water, such as sweet potato, were also well recorded by sed{DNA}. {I}t appears, therefore, to be a promising approach to studying past diversity in tropical regions, and could help in tracking the introduction and history of agriculture. {T}his is the first time this method has been used in the field of domestication and dissemination of several specific crops, and the results are very encouraging.},
  keywords = {sed{DNA} ; {M}etabarcoding ; {T}ropical {A}frica ; {V}egetation dynamics ; {P}lant diversity ; {P}ollen ; {BENIN} ; {SELE} {LAC}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{Q}uaternary {S}cience {R}eviews},
  volume = {170},
  numero = {},
  pages = {203--211},
  ISSN = {0277-3791},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.06.025},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070908},
}