In the light of evolution IV: The human condition

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 8897-8901

  Avise, John C ^a   Ayala, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FOSSIL HUMAN; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; GENOME; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77952370459     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003214107     Document Type: Editorial

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