Paleoparasitologic, paleogenetic and paleobotanic analysis of XVIII century coprolites from the church La Concepción in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1054-1056

  Botella, Herminia Gijón ^a   Vargas, José A Afonso ^b   de la Rosa, Matilde Arnay ^b   Leles, Daniela ^c   Reimers, Emilio González ^d   Vicente, Ana Carolina P ^c   Iñiguez, Alena M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Ascaris sp.; Canary Islands; Coprolite; Paleobotany; Paleogenetic; Paleoparasitology

Indexed keywords

ASCARIS; ASCARIS SP.; MORACEAE; VERMES;

EID: 78650829795     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000800017     Document Type: Article

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