Selection and reduced population size cannot explain higher amounts of Neandertal ancestry in East Asian than in European human populations

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 454-461

  Kim, Bernard Y ^a   Lohmueller, Kirk E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EAST ASIAN; EUROPEAN; GENOTYPE; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MODEL; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; GENETICS; GENOME; POPULATION DENSITY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; NEANDERTHALS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84924261035     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.12.029     Document Type: Article

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