The root of the phylogenetic tree of human populations

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 170-177

  Nei, Masatoshi ^a   Takezaki, Naoko ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allele frequencies; human evolution; microsatellite DNA; origin of modern humans; phylogenetic tree; RFLP

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0030065706     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025553     Document Type: Article

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