Biomolecular study of the human remains from tomb 5859 in the Etruscan necropolis of Monterozzi, Tarquinia (Viterbo, Italy)
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- 作者：Cappellini ; Enrico ; Chiarelli ; Brunetto ; Sineo ; Luca ; Casoli ; Antonella ; Di Gioia ; Antonella ; et. al.
- 关键词：Etruscans ; Ancient DNA ; Sex identification ; Amino acid racemization ; TGA ; mtDNA ; Amelogenine
- 刊名：Journal of Archaeological Science
- 出版年：2004
- 出版时间：May, 2004
- 年：2004
- 卷：31
- 期：5
- 页码：603-612
- 全文大小：384 K
文摘
Archaeological excavation in an Etruscan room tomb, from the Monterozzi necropolis in Tarquinia led to the recovery of four individuals. It was hypothesized that they could be members of a single family group. As both archaeological data and classical anthropological analysis provided little information in this direction, ancient DNA (aDNA) was extracted from bone and tooth fragments of the individuals. For each subject HVR-I of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was cloned and sequenced. To identify the sex of the individuals, amelogenine and SRY genes were analysed. Short tandem repeat (STR) characterization was also performed. DNA studies were preceded by the evaluation of amino acids racemization extent and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), to evaluate, respectively, degradation and quantity of organic matter preserved in the samples.