Evidence of ancient DNA reveals the first European lineage in Iron Age Central China

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1618, 2007, Pages 1597-1602

  Xie, C Z ^a   Li, C X ^a   Cui, Y Q ^a   Zhang, Q C ^a   Fu, Y Q ^b   Zhu, H ^a   Zhou, H ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Mitochondrial DNA; Yu Hong tomb

Indexed keywords

DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA; FOSSIL RECORD; IRON AGE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONUMENT; MOVEMENT;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHINA; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMUR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HUMAN; IRON AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOOTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI; TAIYUAN;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 34447336092     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0219     Document Type: Article

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