Clinal variation in the nuclear DNA of Europeans

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 643-657

  Chikhi, Lounès ^a,b   Destro Bisol, Giovanni ^c   Pascali, Vincenzo ^d   Baravelli, Vanessa ^e   Dobosz, Marina ^f   Barbujani, Guido ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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