New uses for old DNA

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-53

  Cooper, Alan ^a   Wayne, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; DNA DETERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031930893     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(98)80083-9     Document Type: Article

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