On the time scale of human evolution: Evidence for recent adaptive evolution

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-443

  Meisenberg, Gerhard ^a  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Evolution; Haplotype analysis; Linkage disequilibrium; Mutation; Natural selection; Race differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649096394     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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