Mitochondrial DNA preservation across 3000-year-old northern fur seal ribs is not related to bone density: Implications for forensic investigations

Forensic Science International

Volumn 239, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-18

  Barta, Jodi Lynn ^a,b   Monroe, Cara ^a,c   Crockford, Susan J ^d,e   Kemp, Brian M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MADONNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Pacific Identifications Inc   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Bone density; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIB; SEAL; TRABECULAR BONE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OTARIIDAE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FUR SEALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBS;

EID: 84897936970     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.02.029     Document Type: Article

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