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Ancient Biomolecules Volume 4, 2002 - Issue 2
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Little Evidence for the Preservation of a Single-Copy Gene in Charred Archaeological Wheat

Robert H.E. Blatter Seminar für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Universität Basel, Abteilung Archäobiologie, Archäobotanik- Labor, c/o Botanisches Institut, Schönbeinstrasse 6, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
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Stefanie Jacomet Seminar für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Universität Basel, Abteilung Archäobiologie, Archäobotanik- Labor, c/o Botanisches Institut, Schönbeinstrasse 6, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
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Angela Schlumbaum Seminar für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Universität Basel, Abteilung Archäobiologie, Archäobotanik- Labor, c/o Botanisches Institut, Schönbeinstrasse 6, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
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