The genetic origins of the Andaman Islanders

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 178-184

  Endicott, Phillip ^a   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a   Stringer, Chris ^b   Lalueza Fox, Carles ^c   Willerslev, Eske ^d   Hansen, Anders J ^d   Cooper, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TOOTH;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0037217468     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345487     Document Type: Article

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