by Piñar et al.
In this Frontiers in Biology paper, Dr. Piñar and collaborators in Italy and Austria investigated seven emblematic drawings of Leonardo da Vinci by third generation sequencing. When members of the LDV DNA Project read this interesting paper, they invited Dr. Piñar and her colleagues to join the Project team.
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The Microbiome of Leonardo da Vinci’s Drawings: A Bio-Archive of Their History
Here is an earlier Leonardo-related paper from the same group about Leonardo’s self-portrait, Amid the possible causes of a very famous foxing: molecular and microscopic insight into Leonardo da Vinci’s self-portrait.