Ancient DNA as a multidisciplinary experience

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-322

  Cipollaro, M ^a   Galderisi, U ^a   Di Bernardo, G ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL GENETICS; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; BIOINFORMATICS; BONE MATRIX; BOTANY; CHEMISTRY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYSICS; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOSSILS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SCIENCE;

EID: 11144300898     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20116     Document Type: Review

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