Publication Date:
2000-08-12
Description:
Some 110 scientists from a range of disciplines gathered in the overcast British midlands for the 5th International Ancient DNA Conference, held here from 12 to 14 July. Among the attractions were new insights into the diets of early Americans gleaned from ancient human coprolites and intriguing reports of nuclear DNA and ancient viral sequences extracted from mammoth bones.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Stokstad, E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Jul 28;289(5479):530-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10939960" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Bone and Bones/virology
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DNA/*analysis/history
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DNA, Viral/analysis/*history
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Diet/*history
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Elephants/*genetics/virology
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Feces/*chemistry
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Female
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Fossils
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History, Ancient
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Humans
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Male
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Texas
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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