Molecular exploration of the first-century tomb of the shroud in Akeldama, Jerusalem

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Matheson, Carney D ^a,b   Vernon, Kim K ^b,c   Lahti, Arlene ^a   Fratpietro, Renee ^a   Spigelman, Mark ^b,d   Gibson, Shimon ^e   Greenblatt, Charles L ^b   Donoghue, Helen D ^d  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; BONE; FOSSIL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HISTORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE AND BONES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUMMIES; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77949514178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008319     Document Type: Article

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