Novel mitochondrial DNA insertion polymorphism and its usefulness for human population studies

Human Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 847-854

  Thomas, Richard ^a   Zischler, Hans ^b   Pääbo, Svante ^b   Stoneking, Mark ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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