Detection of Yersinia pestis DNA in two early medieval skeletal finds from Aschheim (Upper Bavaria, 6th century A.D.)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-55

  Wiechmann, Ingrid ^a   Grupe, Gisela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b State Collec Anthropol P   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amelogenin; Ancient DNA; APOE; mtDNA; Plague; STRs; TF

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETON; TOOTH; YERSINIA PESTIS;

APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GERMANY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOOTH; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 10044250179     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10276     Document Type: Article

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