Human evolution and its relevance for genetic epidemiology

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-15

  Cavalli Sforza, Luigi Luca ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical genetics; Population genetics; Races

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SPECIES INVASION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; MUTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 36348962564     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genom.8.080706.092403     Document Type: Review

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