The fate of European Neanderthals: results and perspectives from ancient DNA analyses

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402051203, 2006, Pages 211-219

  Serre, D ^a,b   Paabo S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Coalescence; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Glaciation; Mtdna; Population history

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045110452     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5121-0_11     Document Type: Chapter

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