Searching the genome for our adaptations

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 146-157

  Harris, Eugene E ^a,b  

^a QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human adaptations; Human evolution; Natural selection; Population adaptations; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 47749109808     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20174     Document Type: Article

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