Results of molecular analysis of an archaeological hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) DNA sample from North West China

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-485

  Mukherjee, Ashutosh ^a   Roy, Satyesh Chandra ^b   De Bera, S ^b   Jiang, Hong En ^c,d   Li, Xiao ^e   Li, Cheng Sen ^c,f   Bera, Subir ^b  

^a Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya ^*  (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e Bureau of Cultural Relics of Turpan Prefecture   (China)

^f BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

Author keywords

Archaeological DNA; Hemp phylogeny; Humulus japonicus; Species identification; Yanghai Tombs

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTIVATION; DNA; EVOLUTION; HERB; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR; YANGHAI TOMBS;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; HUMULUS; HUMULUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 44949188265     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9343-9     Document Type: Article

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