The peopling of sub-Saharan Africa: The case study of Cameroon

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-162

  Spedini, Gabriella ^a   Destro Bisol, Giovanni ^a   Mondovì, Stefano ^a   Kaptué, Lazare ^b   Taglioli, Luca ^c   Paoli, Giorgio ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Genetic variability; Geography; Languages

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MATING; POPULATION RESEARCH;

CAMEROON; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032867602     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199910)110:2<143::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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