It remains a mammoth DNA fragment. A reply to Binladen et al. (2006) and Orlando et al. (2006)

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-64

  Poulakakis, Nikos ^a   Parmakelis, Aris ^a   Lymberakis, Petros ^a   Mylonas, Moysis ^a   Zouros, Eleftherios ^a   Reese, David S ^b   Glaberman, Scott ^b   Caccone, Adalgisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

DNA SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 34347241187     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0555     Document Type: Note

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