Genetic evidence for a higher female migration rate in humans

Nature Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 278-280

  Seielstad, Mark T ^a   Minch, Eric ^b   Cavalli Sforza, L Luca ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MIGRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VARIATION (GENETICS); Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031792256     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/3088     Document Type: Article

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