Ancient DNA

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 353-359

  Hofreiter, Michael ^a   Serre, David ^a   Poinar, Hendrik N ^a   Kuch, Melanie ^a   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0035344143     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35072071     Document Type: Review

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