When gender matters: New insights into the relationships between social systems and the genetic structure of human populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 4917-4920

  Destro Bisol, Giovanni ^a,b   Capocasa, Marco ^b,c   Anagnostou, Paolo ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Istituto Italiano di Antropologia   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

biodemography; gender biased dispersal; genetic structure; mtDNA; residential rules; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84867522065     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12001     Document Type: Review

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