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STR-genotyping from human medieval tooth and bone samples.
Forensic science international - 30 Jun 2005
Ricaut François-Xavier, Keyser-Tracqui Christine, Crubézy Eric, Ludes Bertrand
Abstract excerpt
We extracted the DNA contained in samples of bones and teeth from 10 skeletons excavated from the Gravette site (400-1000 AD, south of France). Ancient DNA was analysed by autosomal short tandem repeats (STRs). The DNA present in these ancient remains appeared very degraded, but nevertheless, better conserved in tooth than in bone samples. Moreover, we showed that the DNA extracted from ancient dental pulp was...
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