Genetic drift and gene flow in Post-Famine Ireland

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 443-465

  Relethford, John H ^a   Crawford, Michael H ^b   Blangero, John ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Genetic drift; Ireland; Migration; Population size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031215092     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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