A genetic legacy from archaic Homo

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-23

  Hawks, John ^a   Cochran, Gregory ^b   Harpending, Henry C ^b   Lahn, Bruce T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TAU PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME XP; COGNITION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOSSIL HUMAN; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTROGRESSION; MCPH1 GENE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 37349078348     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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