Nuclear gene sequences from a late Pleistocene sloth coprolite

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1150-1152

  Poinar, Hendrik ^a,d   Kuch, Melanie ^a   McDonald, Gregory ^b   Martin, Paul ^c   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EDENTATA; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; MEGATHERIIDAE; NOTHROTHERIOPS SHASTENSIS;

EID: 0037672146     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00450-0     Document Type: Article

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