Full of sound and fury: The recent history of ancient DNA

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1999, Pages 457-477

  Wayne, Robert K ^a   Leonard, Jennifer A ^a   Cooper, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aDNA; Archeology; Molecular paleontology; Non invasive typing; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PALEOECOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033383308     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.30.1.457     Document Type: Article

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