Is amino acid racemization a useful tool for screening for ancient DNA in bone?

Proc Biol Sci · 2009 · PMC2817214 · PMID 19493899

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Amino acid (collagen) concentration was surprisingly variable within a single bone, yet when amino acid content was compared with DNA amplification there was a significant difference between successful and failed samples ( p = 0.016), and this difference becomes highly significant ( p = 0.009) if the test compares ‘good’ and ‘failed’ amplifications.

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