Genetic analysis of human remains from a double inhumation in a frozen kurgan in Kazakhstan (Berel site, early 3rd century BC)

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 304-308

  Clisson, I ^a,b   Keyser, C ^a   Francfort, H P ^c   Crubezy, E ^b   Samashev, Z ^d   Ludes, B ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Inrap)   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Central Asia; Frozen bone samples; Mitochondrial DNA; STRs

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; DNA DETERMINATION; FREEZING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SKELETON; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0036910837     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-002-0295-x     Document Type: Article

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