Genomic evidence for an African expansion of anatomically modern humans by a southern route

Human Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 477-489

  Ghirotto, Silvia ^a   Penso Dolfin, Luca ^a   Barbujani, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Anatomically modern humans; Genetic distances; Genome diversity; Mantel correlations; Population expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052562848     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.083.0403     Document Type: Article

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