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Fine characterization of the Iceman's mtDNA haplogroup.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Aug 2006
Rollo Franco, Ermini Luca, Luciani Stefania, Marota Isolina, Olivieri Cristina, Luiselli Donata
Abstract excerpt
Starting from specimens of the intestinal contents of the so-called Tyrolean Iceman or Otzi (5,350-5,100 years before present), it was possible by polymerase chain reaction to amplify fragments of the human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region that correspond to the sequence found in 1994 at the Munich and Oxford laboratories and which had been attributed to the original DNA of the mummy. The particularly...
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