Ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-124

  Weyrich, Laura S ^a   Dobney, Keith ^b   Cooper, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient bacteria; Dietary analysis; Disease evolution; Microbiome

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DIET; DNA; ENAMEL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; TOOTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; DIET; GENETICS; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; TOOTH CALCULUS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; DENTAL CALCULUS; DIET; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; ORAL HEALTH;

EID: 84921664806     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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