Origins and Genetic Diversity of Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers from Western Central Africa

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-318

  Verdu, Paul ^a   Austerlitz, Frederic ^b,c,d   Estoup, Arnaud ^e   Vitalis, Renaud ^a   Georges, Myriam ^a   Théry, Sylvain ^a   Froment, Alain ^a   Le Bomin, Sylvie ^a   Gessain, Antoine ^f   Hombert, Jean Marie ^g   Van der Veen, Lolke ^g   Quintana Murci, Lluis ^f   Bahuchet, Serge ^a   Heyer, Evelyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^g University of Lyon 2   (France)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BEHAVIOR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NEGRO; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, WESTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BAYES THEOREM; BEHAVIOR; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 60349093847     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.049     Document Type: Article

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