Ancient Iberian horses: a method to recover DNA from archaeological samples buried under sub-optimal conditions for preservation

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1713-1719

  Seco Morais, J ^a   Oom, M M ^a   Quesada, F ^b   Matheson, C D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Horse domestication; Horse evolution; Iberian Peninsula; Methodology; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; DNA; DOMESTICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORSE; PHYLOGENY; PRESERVATION; TOOTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; EQUUS SP.;

EID: 34547136681     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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