• Title of article

    Palaeontology in a molecular world: the search for authentic ancient DNA

  • Author/Authors

    Jeremy J. Austin، نويسنده , , Andrew B. Smith، نويسنده , , Richard H. Thomas، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1997
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    303
  • To page
    306
  • Abstract
    The survival of ancient DNA in specimens up to several thousands of years old is established. However, there have been several claims concerning the recovery of geologically ancient DNA from fossil material many millions of years old. The authenticity of these fossil DNA sequences is questionable on theoretical and empirical grounds, and the existence of authentic geologically ancient DNA remains to be proven.
  • Journal title
    Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Serial Year
    1997
  • Journal title
    Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Record number

    769936