The study of structured populations - New hope for a difficult and divided science

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 535-543

  Hey, Jody ^a   Machado, Carlos A ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037803577     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1112     Document Type: Review

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