DNA diagenesis and palaeogenetic analysis: Critical assessment and methodological progress

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 211-219

  Pruvost, Mélanie ^a   Schwarz, Reinhard ^a,c   Bessa Correia, Virginia ^a,b   Champlot, Sophie ^a   Grange, Thierry ^a   Geigl, Eva Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BONE; DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; DNA; FOSSILIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49349108988     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.041     Document Type: Article

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