Melanesian origin of Polynesian Y chromosomes

2000/10/01 by Manfred Kayser, Silke Brauer, Gunter Weiss +6 · 189 citations
Arts and Humanities · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Social Sciences · #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies #Forensic and Genetic Research #Genetics #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00734-x

published in Current Biology 10(20), 1237-1246 (Elsevier BV)

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