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An HLA class-II allele frequent in Eskimos and Amerindians is found in the Tyrolean Ice Man.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Jul 2001
Fischer G F, Fae I, Mann D, Kriks D, Jäger W, Platzer W, Mayr W R, Volc-Platzer B
Abstract excerpt
DNA was extracted from specimens derived from the calcaneus of the Tyrolean Ice Man under sterile conditions in a laboratory, where no DNA extractions and PCR experiments had been performed before. Agarose gel electrophoresis and ethidium bromide staining did not reveal any evidence of genomic DNA in the preparation obtained, indicating a high degree of DNA degradation. Nevertheless, we performed PCR...
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