Ancient DNA: Do It Right or Not at All

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2000-08-18

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.289.5482.1139BPMID 10970224
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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