Selection Selection on mitochondrial DNA and the Neanderthal problem

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402051203, 2006, Pages 221-238

  Hawks, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Demographic inference; Molecular evolution; Positive selection; Selective sweep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886644712     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5121-0_12     Document Type: Chapter

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