Osteology, DNA and Sex Identification: Morphological and Molecular Sex Identifications of Five Neolithic Individuals from Ajvide, Gotland

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-81

  Gotherstrom A ^a   Liden K ^a   Ahlstrom T ^a   Kallersjo M ^b   Brown, T A ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molecular sex identification; Morphological sex identification; Neolithic; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001873964     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199701)7:1<71::AID-OA321>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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