Article
Optimizing utilization of DNA from rare or archival anthropological samples.
Human biology - 1 Oct 1994
Weiss K M, Buchanan A V, Daniel C, Stoneking M
Abstract excerpt
There is widespread interest in obtaining genetic samples from human populations worldwide for various studies of human genetic diversity. Many samples exist today only in the form of small, rare, irreplaceable, or archival samples, such as material from ancient bone, hair bulbs, or remnants of samples collected in the field decades ago for the purpose of protein and blood type analysis. Here, we describe the...
Topics
- Anthropology
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
- Erythrocytes
- Gene Amplification
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Human
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
