Recent advances in the study of fine-scale population structure in humans

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 98-105

  Novembre, John ^a   Peter, Benjamin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTORY; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84988474047     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2016.08.007     Document Type: Review

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