Mitochondrial DNA and the peopling of the new world

American Scientist

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 246-253

  Schurr, Theodore G ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0000584226     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2000.23.772     Document Type: Article

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