Anthropology Meets Epigenetics: Current and Future Directions

American Anthropologist

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 722-735

  Thayer, Zaneta M ^a   Non, Amy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84952720155     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aman.12351     Document Type: Article

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