| dc.contributor.advisor | hamilton, scott | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | molto, el | |
| dc.contributor.author | lahti, arlene laila | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-07t20:09:30z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-06-07t20:09:30z | |
| dc.date.created | 2003 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/3254 | |
| dc.description.abstract | in 1998, dr. e. molto was selected to conduct pilot research on the hei heru, shang
dynasty site in anyang, china. a major component of this research is the ancient dna
analysis o f human remains recovered at anyang. preliminary work on these -3300 year old
remains has led to an auxiliary study that focuses upon modem dna extracted from hairs
donated by individuals who currently live in the farming villages found within the greater
anyang site area. this latter study uses a ‘blind study’ approach, to analyze human hairs in
an effort to identify ancestor-descendent relationships in a controlled situation in order to
validate the methods used to examine the ancient specimens. we secured 30 hair samples
from 30 individuals who reside in three remote villages with a long history of occupation in
the area. the hair samples include a series of identified lineages representing grandmothers,
daughters and grandchildren. the analysis sought to identify individual matrilineages,
validate interpretative methods relevant to the ancient anyang remains, to critically address
the implications of short-term mutations for longitudinal studies, and evaluate the anyang
data set with other mtdna studies from asia. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_us | |
| dc.subject | mitochondrial dna analysis | |
| dc.subject | ancient dna studies | |
| dc.title | a longitudinal mitochondrial dna analysis of modern human hair samples from the anyang region of china : implications for ancient dna research | |
| dc.type | thesis | |
| etd.degree.name | master of science | |
| etd.degree.level | master | |
| etd.degree.discipline | biology | |
| etd.degree.grantor | 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜
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| dc.contributor.committeemember | lankester, murray w. | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | leung, kam | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | malek, ladislav | |
