Neandertal DNA sequences and the origin of modern humans

Cell

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-30

  Krings, Matthias ^a   Stone, Anne ^b   Schmitz, Ralf W ^c   Krainitzki, Heike ^d   Stoneking, Mark ^b   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rheinisches Amt Bodendenkmalpflege   (Germany)

^d Hohere Berufsfachschule PA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031470484     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80310-4     Document Type: Article

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