Microsatellite data support an early population expansion in Africa

Genome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 586-591

  Shriver, Mark D ^a,c   Jin, Li ^b   Ferrell, Robert E ^a   Deka, Ranjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE;

EID: 0030860884     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.7.6.586     Document Type: Article

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