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Contamination is the most serious hazard for any researcher working with the PCR technique. This is due to the sensitivity of PCR, a technique capable of generating large amounts of amplified product from as little as single cells (e.g., Higuchi et al. 1988; Li et al. 1988; Zhang et al. 1992; Hubert et al. 1992; Wages and Fowler 1993; Drury et al. 2000; Drury et al. 2001).
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Hummel, S. (2003). Authenticity of results. In: Ancient DNA Typing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05050-7_6
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