Response to comment by Goldberg et al. on "DNA from pre-clovis human coprolites in Oregon, North America"

Science

Volumn 325, Issue 5937, 2009, Pages

  Rasmussen, Morten ^a   Cummings, Linda Scott ^b   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a   Bryant, Vaughn ^c   Smith, Colin ^d   Jenkins, Dennis L ^e   Willerslev, Eske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Paleo Research Institute Colorado   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; HYDROXYAPATITE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HERBIVORE; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67650441802     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1167672     Document Type: Note

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