The mitochondrial eve of modern genetics: Of peoples and genomes, or the routinization of race

Science as Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-183

  M'charek, Amade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 50249139082     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430500110945     Document Type: Article

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