How microbial ancient DNA, found in association with human remains, can be interpreted

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1379, 1999, Pages 111-119

  Rollo, Franco ^a   Marota, Isolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Human mummies; Ice Man; Molecular anthropology; Palaeoethnology; Prehistoric bacteria

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; DNA ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; MUMMIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALEOECOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0033613659     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0364     Document Type: Article

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