Insights into modern disease from our distant evolutionary past

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 603-606

  Yngvadottir, Bryndis ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INDIA; LINGUISTICS; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; WORKSHOP;

DISEASE; EVOLUTION; HUMANS;

EID: 34247572488     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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