A “Copernican” Reassessment of the Human Mitochondrial DNA Tree from its Root

2012/04/01 by Doron M. Behar, Doron M. Behar, Mannis van Oven +10 · 17 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · #Biology #Combinatorics #Copernican principle #Epistemology #Evolutionary biology #Forensic and Genetic Research #Gene #Genetics #Linguistics #Mathematics #Mitochondrial DNA #Mitochondrial Function and Pathology #Philosophy #Race, Genetics, and Society #Root (linguistics) #Tree (set theory)

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.03.002

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