Fossil avian eggshell preserves ancient DNA

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1690, 2010, Pages 1991-2000

  Oskam, Charlotte L ^a   Haile, James ^b,c   McLay, Emma ^a   Rigby, Paul ^d   Allentoft, Morten E ^a,e   Olsen, Maia E ^c   Bengtsson, Camilla ^c   Miller, Gifford H ^f   Schwenninger, Jean Luc ^g   Jacomb, Chris ^h   Walter, Richard ^h   Baynes, Alexander ⁱ   Dortch, Joe ^d   Parker Pearson, Michael ^j   Gilbert, M T P ^c   Holdaway, Richard N ^e   Willerslev, Eske ^c   Bunce, Michael ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e PALAECOL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

ⁱ WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Ancient dna; Archaeology; Eggshell; Extinct birds; Palaeontology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; AVIFAUNA; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; EGGSHELL; FOSSIL RECORD; GENOTYPE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

MADAGASCAR; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77955387302     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2019     Document Type: Article

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