The effect of the Neolithic expansion on European molecular diversity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1564, 2005, Pages 679-688

  Currat, Mathias ^a,b   Excoffier, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascertainment bias; Europe; Human evolution; Mismatch distribution; Neolithic expansion; SNP

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

EVOLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 20344378970     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2999     Document Type: Article

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