Genetics of modern human origins and diversity

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-23

  Relethford, John H ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Gene flow; Genetic distance; Genetic diversity; Population genetics; Population size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002199464     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.27.1.1     Document Type: Article

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