Olalde Marquínez, Íñigo, 1987-Sánchez Quinto, Federico A, 1985-Datta, DebayanMarigorta, Urko M.Chiang, Charleston W.K.Rodríguez, Juan AntonioFernández Callejo, MarcosGonzález Navarrete, Irene, 1983-Montfort, MagdaMatas Lalueza, LauraCivit, SergiLuiselli, DonataCharlier, PhilippePettener, DavideRamírez, OscarNavarro i Cuartiellas, Arcadi, 1969-Himmelbauer, HeinzMarquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975-Lalueza Fox, Carles, 1965-2015-06-192015-06-192014Olalde I, Sánchez-Quinto F, Datta D, Marigorta UM, Chiang CWK, Rodríguez JA et al. Genomic analysis of the blood attributed to Louis XVI (1754–1793), king of France. Scientific Reports. 2014;4:4666. DOI: 10.1038/srep046662045-2322http://hdl.handle.net/10230/24544A pyrographically decorated gourd, dated to the French Revolution period, has been alleged to contain a handkerchief dipped into the blood of the French king Louis XVI (1754–1793) after his beheading but recent analyses of living males from two Bourbon branches cast doubts on its authenticity. We sequenced the complete genome of the DNA contained in the gourd at low coverage (2.5×) with coding sequences enriched at a higher 7.3× coverage. We found that the ancestry of the gourd's genome does not seem compatible with Louis XVI's known ancestry. From a functional perspective, we did not find an excess of alleles contributing to height despite being described as the tallest person in Court. In addition, the eye colour prediction supported brown eyes, while Louis XVI had blue eyes. This is the first draft genome generated from a person who lived in a recent historical period; however, our results suggest that this sample may not correspond to the alleged king.application/pdfeng© Nature Publishing Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. The images in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the image credit; if the image is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder in order to reproduce the imageGenoma humà -- Històriainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep04666AnthropologyGenomicsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess