Nuclear DNA sequences from late pleistocene megafauna

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1466-1473

  Greenwood, Alex D ^a,d   Capelli, Cristian ^a,b   Possnert, Göran ^c   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Cave bear; Ground sloth; Mammoth; Mitochondrial insertions; Nuclear DNA

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTRACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 0032731791     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026058     Document Type: Article

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