Limited dispersal in mobile hunter-gatherer Baka Pygmies

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 858-861

  Verdu, Paul ^a,b   Leblois, Raphaël ^b   Froment, Alain ^c   Théry, Sylvain ^b   Bahuchet, Serge ^b   Rousset, François ^d   Heyer, Evelyne ^b   Vitalis, Renaud ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

African Pygmies; Dispersal; Isolation by distance; Microsatellites; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUNTER-GATHERER; MOBILITY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 78649821684     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0192     Document Type: Article

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