Neanderthal genomics and the evolution of modern humans

Genome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 547-553

  Noonan, James P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ANTIQUITY; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EVOLUTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; METAGENOMICS; NEANDERTHAL; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FOSSILS; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MICE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 77951781557     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.076000.108     Document Type: Review

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