Evaluating the efficacy of various thermo-stable polymerases against co-extracted PCR inhibitors in ancient DNA samples

Forensic Science International

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 142-153

  Monroe, Cara ^a,b   Grier, Colin ^a   Kemp, Brian M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Degraded DNA; DNA extraction; Polymerase chain reaction inhibitors; Polymerases; Species identification

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84876477763     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.02.029     Document Type: Article

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