Molecular evolution and modern human origins

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-37

  Mountain, Joanna L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

MtDNA; Mutation rates; Nuclear DNA; Population sizes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032221247     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1997)6:4<21::AID-EVAN4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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