Mitochondrial and nuclear genes present conflicting portraits of human origins

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 166-172

  Hey, Jody ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homo sapiens; human origins; mitochondrial DNA; natural selection; PDHAI; statistical tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 0031053385     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025749     Document Type: Article

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