Analysis of ancient DNA from a prehistoric Amerindian cemetery

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1379, 1999, Pages 153-159

  Stone, Anne C ^a,b   Stoneking, Mark ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amelogenin; Amerindians; Ancient DNA; Genetic diversity; Mitochondrial DNA; Sex identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033613641     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0368     Document Type: Article

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