Evidence for gradients of human genetic diversity within and among continents

Genome Research

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1679-1685

  Serre, David ^a   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DNA; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 4644240756     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.2529604     Document Type: Article

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