Neandertal Genetic Diversity: A Fresh Look from Old Samples

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Excoffier, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33747170241     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.07.035     Document Type: Short Survey

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