Ancient plant DNA in archaeobotany

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-244

  Schlumbaum, Angela ^a   Tensen, Marrie ^b   Jaenicke Després, Viviane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Max Planck Institute for Chemistry ^*  (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Cereals; Fruit; Genetics; Plant macroremains; Wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849206185     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-007-0125-7     Document Type: Article

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