Sex determination of ancient human skeletons using DNA

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-238

  Stone, Anne C ^a,c   Milner, George R ^a   Paäbo, Svante ^b   Stoneking, Mark ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c 409 Carpenter Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amelogenin; Ancient DNA; Skeletal Sexing

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMELOGENIN; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE AND BONES; DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; DNA; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MODERN 1601-; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030052760     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199602)99:2<231::AID-AJPA1>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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