Comment. Pathogenic microbial ancient DNA: A problem or an opportunity?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1587, 2006, Pages 641-642

  Donoghue, Helen D ^a   Spigelman, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33646455056     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3261     Document Type: Note

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