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SUBMITTER: Shved N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4206501 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shved Natallia N Haas Cordula C Papageorgopoulou Christina C Akguel Guelfirde G Paulsen Katja K Bouwman Abigail A Warinner Christina C Rühli Frank F
PloS one 20141022 10
Mummified human tissues are of great interest in forensics and biomolecular archaeology. The aim of this study was to analyse post mortem DNA alterations in soft tissues in order to improve our knowledge of the patterns of DNA degradation that occur during salt mummification. In this study, the lower limb of a female human donor was amputated within 24 h post mortem and mummified using a process designed to simulate the salt dehydration phase of natural or artificial mummification. Skin and skel ...[more]