A preliminary analysis of the DNA and diet of the extinct Beothuk: A systematic approach to ancient human DNA

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 594-604

  Kuch, Melanie ^a   Gröcke, Darren R ^a   Knyf, Martin C ^a   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^b   Younghusband, Ban ^c   Young, Terry ^c   Marshall, Ingeborg ^c   Willerslev, Eske ^b   Stoneking, Mark ^d   Poinar, Hendrik ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancient human DNA; Beothuk peoples; Native American Y SNP

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; COLLAGEN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; DENTIN; DIET; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTINCT SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COLLAGEN; DENTIN; DIET; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEWFOUNDLAND; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

EID: 33947499360     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20536     Document Type: Article

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