On the measurements of genetic differentiation among populations

Genetics Research

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 275-289

  Wang, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; STATISTICS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE;

EID: 84872168083     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672312000481     Document Type: Article

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