Adjusting the focus on human variation

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 296-302

  Przeworski, Molly ^a   Hudson, Richard R ^a   Di Rienzo, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GROWTH; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034237204     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(00)02030-8     Document Type: Review

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