Toward a new history and geography of human genes informed by ancient DNA

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 377-389

  Pickrell, Joseph K ^a,b   Reich, David ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK GENOME CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AFRICA; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84906818554     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2014.07.007     Document Type: Review

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