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Sex determination of ancient human skeletons using DNA
1996-02-01
Abstract excerpt
A method for determining the sex of human skeletons was developed using molecular genetic techniques. The amelogenin gene, found on the X and Y chromosomes, was examined using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and a nonradioactive dot blot procedure. DNA was analyzed from 20 modern individuals of known sex and 20 skeletons from an archaeological site in central Illinois dating to A.D. 1300. An independent assess...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1094c80f-75f0-5552-a0f5-4f63fb0f3fea
- DOI
- 10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199602)99:2<231::aid-ajpa1>3.3.co;2-h
