Reconstruction of a historical genealogy by means of STR analysis and Y-haplotyping of ancient DNA

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-477

  Gerstenberger, Julia ^c   Hummel, Susanne ^b   Schultes, Tobias ^c   Häck, Bernhard ^a   Herrmann, Bernd ^c  

^a Bayerisches Landesamt Denkmalpflege   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

aDNA; Kinship; Konigsfeld; Paternity; STR typing; Y haplotyping

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON; TANDEM REPEAT;

BURIAL; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PATERNITY; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032977065     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200322     Document Type: Article

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