DNA in ancient bone - Where is it located and how should we extract it?

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-16

  Campos, Paula F ^a   Craig, Oliver E ^b   Turner Walker, Gordon ^c   Peacock, Elizabeth ^d   Willerslev, Eske ^a   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Bone; Collagen; DNA extraction; Hydroxyapatite

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT DNA; COLLAGEN; DNA; HYDROXYAPATITE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; BOVIDS; BURIAL SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FOSSIL; FOSSIL BONE; MUSK OX; NONHUMAN; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRESERVATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; SAMPLE; SEA; SEABED; WETLAND;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COLLAGEN; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOGS; DURAPATITE; FOSSILS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOOTH;

EID: 84855512692     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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