Genetic evidence for larger African population size during recent human evolution

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-260

  Relethford, John H ^a,b   Jorde, Lynn B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Microsatellite DNA; Modern human origins; Population size

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DNA; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0033015451     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199903)108:3<251::AID-AJPA1>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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