Isolation of nucleic acids and cultures from fossil ice and permafrost

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 141-147

  Willerslev, Eske ^a,b   Hansen, Anders J ^a   Poinar, Hendrik N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 1242299736     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2003.11.010     Document Type: Review

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