Ancient mitochondrial DNA from hair [1]

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a,b   Wilson, Andrew S ^c   Bunce, Michael ^a   Hansen, Anders J ^d   Willerslev, Eske ^d   Shapiro, Beth ^a   Higham, Thomas F G ^a   Richards, Michael P ^e   O'Connell, Tamsin C ^a   Tobin, Desmond J ^c   Janaway, Robert C ^c   Cooper, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2942702305     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.008     Document Type: Note

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