Issues from Neandertal genomics: Diversity, adaptation and hybridisation revised from the El Sidrón case study

Quaternary International

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-14

  Lalueza Fox, C ^a   Gigli, E ^a   Sanchez Quinto F ^a   de la Rasilla, M ^b   Fortea, J ^b   Rosas, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; NEANDERTHAL;

EID: 84655175009     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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