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Amino Acid Racemization and the Preservation of Ancient DNA Author(s): Hendrik N. Poinar, Matthias Höss, Jeffrey L. Bada, Svante Pääbo Source: Science, New Series, Vol. 272, No. 5263 (May 10, 1996), pp. 864-866 Published by: American Association for the Advancement of Science Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2890213 Accessed: 11/11/2008 10:10
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- Issue Table of Contents
- Science, New Series, Vol. 272, No. 5263 (May 10, 1996), pp. 781-920
- Front Matter [pp.781-824]
- Editorial: German Science in a Changing World [p.791]
- Letters
- A "Learning Society"? [pp.793-794]
- Whistleblower Protection [pp.794-795]
- Too Soon to Dance? [pp.795-796]
- Confident Females? [p.796]
- Ph.D.'s as K-12 Teachers [pp.796-797]
- An "Ordinary" Scientist? [p.797]
- Corrections and Clarifications: Green Light for Steroid Hormones [p.797]
- Corrections and Clarifications: The Elasticity of a Single Supercoiled DNA Molecule [p.797]
- Corrections and Clarifications: Analyzing Molecular Structure with Astronomical Speed [p.797]
- ScienceScope [p.799]
- News and Comment
- Goldin Puts NASA on New Trajectory [pp.800-802]
- Report Backs Science, Not New Station [p.803]
- Academy's About-Face on Forensic DNA [pp.803-804]
- Five-Year Science Plan Under Debate [p.804]
- Monkey Study Prompts High-Level Public Health Response [p.805]
- NSF to Take Closer Look at How Support Shapes Careers [p.806]
- Scientists Seek Allies in Fight Against Pseudoscience [pp.807-808]
- Research News
- Likely HIV Cofactor Found [pp.809-810]
- Just How Old is That DNA, Anyway? [p.810]
- California Social Climbers: Low Water Prompts High Status [pp.811-812]
- Added Weight for Neutrino Mass Claim [p.812]
- SOHO Turns an Unblinking Eye on a Turbulent Sun [p.813]
- Revised Galileo Data Leave Jupiter Mysteriously Dry [pp.814-815]
- A First Glimpse of Strange Matter? [p.815]
- Impact of DNA Replication Errors Put to the Test [pp.816-817]
- Volcano-Ice Age Link Discounted [p.817]
- Random Samples [p.819]
- Book Reviews
- Middle Paleolithic People [pp.822-823]
- Approaching the Future [p.823]
- Perspectives
- Recycling Osmium [p.825]
- Uncharacteristic Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault [pp.826-827]
- Transcription Factor IIA: A Structure with Multiple Functions [pp.827-828]
- Getting Down to the Core of Homologous Recombination [pp.828-829]
- Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever [p.829]
- Research Article
- Crystal Structure of the Yeast TFIIA/TBP/DNA Complex [pp.830-836]
- Reports
- Osmium Recycling in Subduction Zones [pp.861-864]
- Amino Acid Racemization and the Preservation of Ancient DNA [pp.864-866]
- Polymers with Very Low Polydispersities from Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization [pp.866-868]
- Homologous DNA Pairing Promoted by a 20-Amino Acid Peptide Derived from RecA [pp.868-872]
- HIV-1 Entry Cofactor: Functional cDNA Cloning of a Seven-Transmembrane, G Protein-Coupled Receptor [pp.872-877]
- Requirement of p27$^{Kip1}$ for Restriction Point Control of the Fibroblast Cell Cycle [pp.877-880]
- A U1/U4/U5 snRNP Complex Induced by a 2′-O-Methyl-Oligoribonucleotide Complementary to U5 snRNA [pp.881-884]
- Genetically Engineered Resistance to Dengue-2 Virus Transmission in Mosquitoes [pp.884-886]
- Two Genetically Separable Steps in the Differentiation of Thymic Epithelium [pp.886-889]
- Chemical Usurpation of a Nest by Paper Wasp Parasites [pp.889-892]
- An Enhanced Immune Response in Mice Lacking the Transcription Factor NFAT1 [pp.892-895]
- Galileo Probes Jupiter's Atmosphere
- Galileo Probe: In situ Observations of Jupiter's Atmosphere [pp.837-838]
- Earth-Based Observations of the Galileo Probe Entry Site [pp.839-840]
- Comparison of Galileo Probe and Earth-Based Translation Rates of Jupiter's Equatorial Clouds [p.841]
- Galileo Doppler Measurements of the Deep Zonal Winds at Jupiter [pp.842-843]
- Structure of the Atmosphere of Jupiter: Galileo Probe Measurements [pp.844-845]
- The Galileo Probe Mass Spectrometer: Composition of Jupiter's Atmosphere [pp.846-849]
- The Helium Mass Fraction in Jupiter's Atmosphere [pp.849-851]
- Solar and Thermal Radiation in Jupiter's Atmosphere: Initial Results of the Galileo Probe Net Flux Radiometer [pp.851-854]
- Results of the Galileo Probe Nephelometer Experiment [pp.854-856]
- High-Energy Charged Particles in the Innermost Jovian Magnetosphere [pp.856-858]
- Radio Frequency Signals in Jupiter's Atmosphere [pp.858-860]
- Technical Comments
- Hydrogen-Based Microbial Ecosystems in the Earth [pp.896-897]
- Back Matter [pp.898-920]