The impact of whole-genome sequencing on the reconstruction of human population history

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 149-162

  Veeramah, Krishna R ^a,b   Hammer, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84894379012     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3625     Document Type: Review

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