Population dynamics coded in DNA: Genetic traces of the expansion of modern humans

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 158-168

  Kimmel, Marek ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Microsatellite DNA; Mitochondrial DNA; Multiregional theory; Out of Africa; Population expansion of modern humans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346399980     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00351-9     Document Type: Article

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