Mylodon darwinii DNA sequences from ancient fecal hair shafts

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-30

  Clack, Andrew A ^a   MacPhee, Ross D E ^b   Poinar, Hendrik N ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Coprolites; Fecal hair; Mylodon darwinii

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA 12S; DNA 16S; GUANINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ANCIENT FECAL HAIR SHAFT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CAVE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; COPROLITE; DNA CONTAMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; HAIR; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYLODON DARWINII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PILOT STUDY; PRESERVATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SLOTH; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

ANIMALS; CAVES; CHLOROFORM; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FOSSILS; HAIR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHENOLS; PHYLOGENY; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SLOTHS; SOLVENTS; SOUTH AMERICA;

MYLODON DARWINII; SLOTHS;

EID: 84855477114     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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