Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA analysis of a 2,000-year-old necropolis in the Egyin Gol valley of Mongolia

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-260

  Keyser Tracqui, Christine ^a,c   Crubézy, Eric ^b   Ludes, Bertrand ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Inst de Méd Légale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MONGOLIA; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0043167788     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377005     Document Type: Article

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