Ancient DNA Typing Methods, Strategies and Applications
Description
Ancient DNA Typing is a comprehensive manual about the analysis of ancient and degraded DNA. It is an equally useful textbook and working tool for various disciplines such as: Anthropology, Archaeology, Forensic Medicine, Conservation Biology, Environmental Sciences and Food Engineering.
The reader benefits from a clear division of strategies, methods and applications with many interesting examples of the analysis of historic skeletal and cultural remains. The book contains a detailed protocol chapter which serves as a lab manual with the most important methods for DNA extraction, PCR and electrophoretic analysis of degraded samples. The appendix helps to set up a PCR lab specializing in ancient DNA research and answers the most frequent questions concerning technical problems in investigations of degraded DNA.
The reader benefits from a clear division of strategies, methods and applications with many interesting examples of the analysis of historic skeletal and cultural remains. The book contains a detailed protocol chapter which serves as a lab manual with the most important methods for DNA extraction, PCR and electrophoretic analysis of degraded samples. The appendix helps to set up a PCR lab specializing in ancient DNA research and answers the most frequent questions concerning technical problems in investigations of degraded DNA.
Keywords
MedicalAnatomyForensic MedicinePathologyGeneticsScienceLife SciencesBiochemistryBiotechnologyChemistryCell BiologyGenetics & GenomicsResearch & MethodologyMolecular BiologySocial ScienceAnthropologyArchaeologySociology
2003Book
Author(s)Susanne Hummel
PublisherSpringer Science & Business Media
ISBN9783540430377
LanguageEnglish
