Ancient DNA is thirteen years old

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 855-858

  Audic, Stéphane ^a   Béraud Colomb, Eliane ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Archeology; Molecular evolution; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EQUUS QUAGGA;

EID: 1842378626     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0997-855     Document Type: Article

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