Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 104-107 , March 2008

Fishing for ancient DNA

  • Cecilia Anderung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Evolution, Genomics and Systematics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala Univeristy, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Present address: Palaeontology Department, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Department of Biology, University College London, Wolfson House, 4 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE, United Kingdom.
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  • Per Persson

      Affiliations

    • Kulturhistorisk Museum, Universitetet i Oslo, Postboks 6762 St. Olavs Plass, 0130 Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Abigail Bouwman

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Life Sciences, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, 131 Princess Street, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Rengert Elburg

      Affiliations

    • I/O-Graph Germany, Buchenstrasse 3, D-01097 Dresden, Germany
    • ,
  • Anders Götherström

      Affiliations

    • Department of Evolution, Genomics and Systematics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala Univeristy, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 22 March 2007 ,Revised 20 August 2007 ,Accepted 29 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.09.004

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 104-107 , March 2008

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