Monitoring DNA Contamination in Handled vs. Directly Excavated Ancient Human Skeletal Remains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pilli, Elena ^a   Modi, Alessandra ^a   Serpico, Ciro ^a   Achilli, Alessandro ^b   Lancioni, Hovirag ^b   Lippi, Barbara ^a   Bertoldi, Francesca ^c   Gelichi, Sauro ^c   Lari, Martina ^a   Caramelli, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTAMINATION; DNA DETERMINATION; EXHUMATION; FEMUR; FOSSIL HUMAN; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIB; SKELETON; TOOTH; ULNA;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACTS; BONE AND BONES; BURIAL; DNA; DNA CONTAMINATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOSSILS; HAIR; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84872859952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052524     Document Type: Article

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