Out of the veil of death rode the one million! Neandertals and their genes

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-110

  Weiss, Kenneth M ^a   Smith, Fred H ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FOSSIL; GENE POOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33847362266     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20535     Document Type: Review

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