Genetic studies of human diversity in East Asia

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1482, 2007, Pages 987-996

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Su, Bing ^b   Zhang, Ya Ping ^b,d   Jin, Li ^a,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Admixture; East Asian populations; Gene flow; Genetic structure; Migrations; Origin of modern humans

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETICS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FAR EAST; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EVOLUTION; FAR EAST; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34347402284     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2028     Document Type: Review

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