Impact of character correlation and variable groupings on modern human population tree resolution

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 134-146

  Athreya, Sheela ^a   Glantz, Michelle M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Dendrograms; Maximum likelihood; Modern human population histories

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOMETRY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SKULL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SKULL;

EID: 0141681174     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10220     Document Type: Article

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