Private polymorphisms: How many? How old? How useful for genetic taxonomies?

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 220-231

  Thompson, E A ^a   Neel, J V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME;

ALLELES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY THEORY; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030077062     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0015     Document Type: Article

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