The phylogenetic relationship of Neandertal and modern human mitochondrial DNAs based on informative nucleotide sites

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 627-632

  Knight, Alec ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character weighting; Human evolution; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEANDERTHAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038606751     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(03)00044-7     Document Type: Article

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