Female-to-Male Breeding Ratio in Modern Humans-an Analysis Based on Historical Recombinations

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-363

  Labuda, Damian ^a,b   Lefebvre, Jean François ^a   Nadeau, Philippe ^a   Roy Gagnon, Marie Hélène ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BREEDING METHOD; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; MONOGAMY; MUTATION RATE; POLYGYNY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SIMULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 77649237141     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.01.029     Document Type: Article

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