Ancient DNA studies in physical anthropology

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2000, Pages 217-242

  O'Rourke, Dennis H ^a   Hayes, M Geoffrey ^a   Carlyle, Shawn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

aDNA authenticity; Evolution; Extraction; Molecular archaeology; PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001350867     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.29.1.217     Document Type: Article

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