Analysis of the putative remains of a European patron saint - St. Birgitta

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Nilsson, Martina ^a,b   Possnert, Göran ^c   Edlund, Hanna ^a   Budowle, Bruce ^d,e   Kjellström, Anna ^f   Allen, Marie ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Forensic Unit   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON 14; DNA; CARBON; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIGION; SKULL; CHEMISTRY; CHRISTIAN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTORY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWEDEN; TIME;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAINTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SKULL; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949515287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008986     Document Type: Article

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