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Mummified human bodies or tissues have been reported from various parts of the World (Smith & Dawson, 1924; Brothwell et al., 1969; Sandison, 1969; Brothwell, 1986). Even cell structure has been examined by electron microscope (Lewin, 1967). It has now become possible to make DNA analyses with ancient specimens (Pääbo et al., 1988).
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Yamada, T.K., Kudou, T., Takahashi-Iwanaga, H., Ozawa, T., Uchihi, R., Katsumata, Y. (1996). Collagen in 300 year-old tissue and a short introduction to the mummies in Japan. In: Spindler, K., Wilfing, H., Rastbichler-Zissernig, E., zur Nedden, D., Nothdurfter, H. (eds) Human Mummies. The Man in the Ice, vol 3. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6565-2_8
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