Genetic analysis of lice supports direct contact between modern and archaic humans

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Reed, David L ^a   Smith, Vincent S ^b   Hammond, Shaless L ^c   Rogers, Alan R ^c   Clayton, Dale H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE LOCATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEAD; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LOUSE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PALEONTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCALP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

HOMO SAPIENS; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HOMINIDAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALEONTOLOGY; PEDICULUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCALP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 9644310635     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020340     Document Type: Article

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