Population structure and cultural geography of a folktale in Europe

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1756, 2013, Pages

  Ross, Robert M ^a   Greenhill, Simon J ^b   Atkinson, Quentin D ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Folktale; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84878349895     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.3065     Document Type: Article

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