Histological analysis and ancient DNA amplification of human bone remains found in Caius Iulius Polybius house in Pompeii

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 392-397

  Cipollaro, Marilena ^b   Di Bernardo, Giovanni ^c   Forte, Amalia ^c   Galano, Giovanni ^c   De Masi, Luigi ^c   Galderisi, Umberto ^c   Guarino, Fabio M ^a   Angelini, Francesco ^a   Cascino, Antonino ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anthropology; Base sequence; Dental enamel; DNA fragmentation; Forensic; Human identification; Polymerase chain reaction; Satellite DNA; Sex determination (genetics); Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE; CHROMOSOME 12; DNA DETERMINATION; ENAMEL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; AMELOGENIN; BONE AND BONES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; METALS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OSTEOCYTES; PALEONTOLOGY; PHENOLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TAQ POLYMERASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032771745     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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