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

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1587, 2006, Pages 643-

  Willerslev, Eske ^a   Cooper, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34249023374     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3262     Document Type: Note

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