Kenyan crossroads: Migration and gene flow in six ethnic groups from Eastern Africa

Journal of Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue , 2008, Pages 189-192

  Castrì, Loredana ^a   Garagnani, Paolo ^a   Useli, Antonella ^a   Pettener, Davide ^a   Luiselli, Donata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

African populations; Genetic variability; Migrations; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449126700     PISSN: 18274765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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