Genetic variation at the MCIR locus and the time since loss of human body hair

Current Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-108

  Rogers, Alan R ^a   Iltis, David ^a   Wooding, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 4544360647     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381006     Document Type: Article

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