Canary islands aborigin sex determination based on mandible parameters contrasted by amelogenin analysis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1515-1522

  Arnay de la Rosa, M ^a   Gonzalez Reimers E ^b   Fregel, R ^a   Velasco Vazquez J ^c   Delgado Darias, T ^d   González, Ana M ^a   Larruga, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c Cabildo de Gran Canaria   (Spain)

^d Museo Canario   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amelogenin alleles; Ancient skeletal remains; Ancient teeth DNA extraction; Sexing mandibles

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DNA; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34447276949     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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