Ancient DNA Comes of Age

Ancient DNA enables researchers to study the genetics of populations in the past; despite difficulties in its extraction, aDNA reveals that evolution is even more complex than we had imagined

• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  PLoS Biology

• Publication date

  2005-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030056PMID 15719062PMCID 548952
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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