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ID 16088
mtDNA tree all humans; Macaulay
Description:
Comparing mitochondrial genome sequences across human populations provides a means to determine the relationships among populations.
Keywords:
phylogenetic trees,genome sequences,common ancestor,human populations,macaulay,ancestry,eve,relationships
This work by
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License
.
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