The Polynesian gene pool: An early contribution by Amerindians to Easter Island

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1590, 2012, Pages 812-819

  Thorsby, Erik ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amerindians; HLA alleles; Polynesia

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CHROMOSOME; GENOME; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PREHISTORIC;

EASTER ISLAND; POLYNESIA;

EID: 84856645411     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0319     Document Type: Article

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