Paleoparasitological report on Ascaris aDNA from an ancient East Asian sample

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-228

  Oh, Chang Seok ^a,b   Seo, Min ^c   Lim, Nam Jin ^d   Lee, Sang Jun ^a,b   Lee, Eun Joo ^e   Lee, Soong Deok ^a   Shin, Dong Hoon ^a,b  

^a Institute of Forensic Psychiatry   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Gyeongi Institute of Cultural Properties   (South Korea)

^e Andong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Ancient DNA; Ascaris; Cytochrome b

Indexed keywords

ASCARIS;

EID: 77951927001     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000200020     Document Type: Article

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