mtDNA analysis of human remains from an early Danish Christian cemetery

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 424-429

  Rudbeck, Lars ^a   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^b   Willerslev, Eske ^a   Hansen, Anders J ^a   Lynnerup, Niels ^a   Christensen, Tom ^c   Dissing, Jørgen ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Roskilde Universitet   (Denmark)

^d Institute of Forensic Medicine   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Burial customs; Christianity; Haplogroups; mtDNA; Population affinity; Teeth; U7

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; DENMARK; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; RELATIVE;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHRISTIANITY; DENMARK; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MORTUARY PRACTICE; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TOOTH;

EID: 26044473338     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20294     Document Type: Article

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