Biological affinities between migrant and parental populations of fishermen on the East Coast of India

Human Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 803-822

  Reddy, B Mohan ^a   Chopra, Virendra P ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Dermatoglyphics; Founder effect; Gene flow; Genetic markers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033215465     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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