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ZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry)

A peptide mass fingerprinting method using collagen fragment masses to identify bone to species level; applicable to burned bone samples where conventional DNA typing fails due to collagen survival at temperatures below full calcination.

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