Evaluating the impact of post-mortem damage in ancient DNA: A theoretical approach

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 244-255

  Molak, Martyna ^a   Ho, Simon Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Cytosine deamination; Depurination; Miscoding lesions; Post mortem damage; Thermal age

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CADAVER; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA DEGRADATION; FOSSIL; KINETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA DEGRADATION, NECROTIC; FOSSILS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856349349     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-011-9474-z     Document Type: Article

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