Demographic history and linkage disequilibrium in human populations

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 435-438

  Laan, Maris ^a   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PAN (APE);

EID: 0030667521     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1297-435     Document Type: Article

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