DNA Analysis of Archaeological Remains

Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 461-483

  Stone, Anne C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA); Molecular archaeology; Sex identification and short tandem repeat (STR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889870353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470245842.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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