Pacific 'babes'1: Issues in the origins and dispersal of pacific pigs and the potential of mitochondrial DNA analysis

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 4-13

  Allen, Melinda S ^a   Matisoo Smith, Elizabeth ^a   Horsburgh, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Human commensals; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular archaeology; Pacific; Pig (Sus)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009946421     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.541     Document Type: Article

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