Detection of bone glue treatment as a major source of contamination in ancient DNA analyses

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-120

  Nicholson, Graeme J ^a   Tomiuk, Jürgen ^a   Czarnetzki, Alfred ^a   Bachmann, Lutz ^b   Pusch, Carsten M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Paleogenetics; Racemization; Skeletal remains

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; AMINO ACID; GELATIN; GLUE; SERINE;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FOSSIL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKELETON; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BONE AND BONES; BONE CEMENTS; DNA; FOSSILS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERINE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0036098615     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10061     Document Type: Article

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