Genetic analysis of 7 medieval skeletons from the Aragonese Pyrenees

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 336-343

  Núnez, Carolina ^a   Sosa, Cecilia ^a   Baeta, Miriam ^a   Geppert, Maria ^b   Turnbough, Meredith ^c   Phillips, Nicole ^c   Casalod, Yolanda ^a   Bolea, Miguel ^a   Roby, Rhonda ^c   Budowle, Bruce ^c   Martínez Jarreta, Begońa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGES; PHYLOGENY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKELETON; Y CHROMOSOME;

AGE FACTORS; BONE AND BONES; CEMETERIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN;

EID: 80051928027     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.336     Document Type: Article

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