Sex determination of baleen whale artefacts:Implications for ancient DNA use in zooarchaeology

Methods to determine the sex from tissue samples of mammals include the amplification of Y chromosome specific regions, which should only amplify from males, or amplification of homologous regions of the X and Y chromosome containing XY specific SNPs. A disadvantage of the first approach is that PCR...

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Published in:Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Main Authors: Sinding, Mikkel Holger S, Tervo, Outi M., Grønnow, Bjarne, Gulløv, Hans Christian, Toft, Peter A., Bachmann, Lutz, Fietz, Katharina, Rekdal, Silje L., Christoffersen, Mads F., Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Olsen, Morten Tange, Foote, Andrew D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Ancient DNA
Sex determination
Zooarchaeology
The ''Y''
baleen whale
bowhead whale
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11370/d1059212-1ff8-4cec-92e2-9e83fff0e4a7
https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/d1059212-1ff8-4cec-92e2-9e83fff0e4a7
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.11.001
https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/40658570/1_s2.0_S2352409X16306915_main.pdf
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84994681063&partnerID=8YFLogxK

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