Brief communication: Ancient DNA prospects from Sri Lankan highland dry caves support an emerging global pattern

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-116

  Reed, Floyd A ^a   Kontanis, Elias J ^a   Kennedy, Kenneth A R ^a   Aquadro, Charles F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid racemization; Ancient DNA; DNA preservation; Latitude

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DNA DETERMINATION; ENANTIOMER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION; RACEMIC MIXTURE; SRI LANKA; TROPICS;

AMINO ACIDS; ARCHAEOLOGY; DNA; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MICROCLIMATE; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SRI LANKA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0038105864     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10211     Document Type: Article

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