Article
[Man and the diversity of his genome. An extraordinary phase in the history of population genetics].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Feb 1998
Cavalli-Sforza L
Abstract excerpt
Population genetics is almost eighty years old, but benefited only very recently from the advantages of direct DNA analysis. Nevertheless, much knowledge had already accumulated and was completely confirmed by the study of DNA markers. Major benefits of the latter came with microsatellites. It al...
Topics
- Africa
- Europe
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genome, Human
- History, 20th Century
- Humans
