Implications of biogeography of human populations for ‘race’ and medicine

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 11S, 2004, Pages s21-s27

  Tishkoff, Sarah A ^a   Kidd, Kenneth K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; AFRICA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 12344264455     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1438     Document Type: Article

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