DNA sequences from multiple amplifications reveal artifacts induced by cytosine deamination in ancient DNA.

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Published in Nucleic Acids Res on December 01, 2001

Authors

M Hofreiter1, V Jaenicke, D Serre, A von Haeseler, S Pääbo

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1: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Inselstrasse 22, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.

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