Ancient DNA: using molecular biology to explore the past.

doi:10.1002/bies.950161006

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Ancient DNA: using molecular biology to explore the past.

BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Oct 1994

Brown T A, Brown K A

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Ancient DNA has been discovered in many types of preserved biological material, including bones, mummies, museum skins, insects in amber and plant fossils, and has become an important research tool in disciplines as diverse as archaeology, conservation biology and forensic science. In archaeology...

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Agriculture
Alleles
Animals
Archaeology
Base Sequence
DNA
Fossils
Genetic Markers
Genetic Techniques
Humans
Insecta
Molecular Biology
Molecular Sequence Data
Mummies
Plants
Skin

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