Brief communication: Identification of the authentic ancient DNA sequence in a human bone contaminated with modern DNA

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 428-431

  Bouwman, Abigail S ^a   Chilvers, Elizabeth R ^a   Brown, Keri A ^a   Brown, Terence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomolecular archaeology; Haplogroups; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TISSUE; DNA CONTENT; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

BONE AND BONES; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ENGLAND; FOSSILS; GREECE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; TIBIA;

EID: 33750054970     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20411     Document Type: Article

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