The “powerful amelogenin”: a peptide at the service of palaeoanthropology: a peptide at the service of palaeoanthropology

The “powerful amelogenin”: a peptide at the service of palaeoanthropology

a peptide at the service of palaeoanthropology

Authors

  • Andrea Cozza
  • Alberto Zanatta
  • Fabio Zampieri
  • Maurizio Rippa Bonati

Abstract

An international research group, from the Brighton (UK), São Paulo (Brazil), and Durham (UK) universities, has recently developed a versatile method for sex definition in human bioarchaeological remains by analysing the sex-specific isoforms of amelogenin drawn from dental enamel.

 

Author Biographies

Alberto Zanatta

PhD 

University Museums Centre (CAM) 

University of Padua

Fabio Zampieri

PhD, Associate Professor, History of Medicine
Dept. of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences
University of Padua Medical School

Maurizio Rippa Bonati

MD, Associate Professor, History of Medicine
Dept. of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences
University of Padua Medical School

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Published

30-08-2018

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Letter to Editor Paleopathology

How to Cite

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Cozza A, Zanatta A, Zampieri F, Rippa Bonati M. The “powerful amelogenin”: a peptide at the service of palaeoanthropology: a peptide at the service of palaeoanthropology. Med Histor [Internet]. 2018 Aug. 30 [cited 2025 Mar. 4];2(2):99-100. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/MedHistor/article/view/7576

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