Mammalian mitochondrial capture, a tool for rapid screening of DNA preservation in faunal and undiagnostic remains, and its application to Middle Pleistocene specimens from Qesem Cave (Israel)

Quaternary International

Volumn 398, Issue , 2016, Pages 210-218

  Slon, Viviane ^a   Glocke, Isabelle ^a   Barkai, Ran ^b   Gopher, Avi ^b   Hershkovitz, Israel ^b   Meyer, Matthias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Faunal remains; Middle Pleistocene; Mitochondrial enrichment; Nucleotide substitutions; Screening method

Indexed keywords

DNA; FAUNA; GENOME; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

CENTRAL DISTRICT; ISRAEL; QESEM CAVE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84927645296     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.039     Document Type: Article

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