On the circumstances surrounding the preservation and analysis of very old DNA

Archaeometry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 337-342

  Geigl, E M ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Bone; Diagenesis; DNA analysis; DNA preservation; Molecular hybridization; PCR; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BONE; DNA; FOSSIL; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 0036668904     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00066     Document Type: Article

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