Pitfalls in the analysis of ancient human mtDNA

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 826-830

  Yao, Yonggang ^a,c   Zhang, Yaping ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; mtDNA phylogeny; Pitfall; Silk Road

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041754915     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02wc0496     Document Type: Review

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