Accurate sex identification of ancient human remains using DNA shotgun sequencing

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4477-4482

  Skoglund, Pontus ^a   Storå, Jan ^b   Götherström, Anders ^b   Jakobsson, Mattias ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SCIENCE FOR LIFE LABORATORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; DNA analysis; Genomics; Sex identification; Shotgun sequencing

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CHROMOSOME; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84881242231     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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