Human races: Classifying people vs understanding diversity

Current Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 215-226

  Barbujani, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Geographic variation; Human diversity; Isolation; Population structure; Risk factors; Selection

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MATING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 22144465530     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389202054395973     Document Type: Review

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