STR typing of ancient DNA extracted from hair shafts of Siberian mummies

Forensic Science International

Volumn 166, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 218-229

  Amory, S ^a,b   Keyser, C ^a,b   Crubezy E ^b   Ludes, B ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Hair shaft; Siberia; STR; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TOOTH;

EID: 33847047350     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.05.042     Document Type: Article

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