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Sex-specific demographic behaviours that shape human genomic variation

  1. E. HEYER,
  2. R. CHAIX,
  3. S. PAVARD,
  4. F. AUSTERLITZ

Article first published online: 29 DEC 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05406.x

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Molecular Ecology

Molecular Ecology

Special Issue: Social systems: Demographic and genetic issues

Volume 21, Issue 3, pages 597–612, February 2012

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HEYER, E., CHAIX, R., PAVARD, S. and AUSTERLITZ, F. (2012), Sex-specific demographic behaviours that shape human genomic variation. Molecular Ecology, 21: 597–612. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05406.x

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  1. Eco-Anthropologie et Ethnobiologie, UMR 7206 CNRS-MNHN-Paris 7, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France

*Evelyne Heyer, . Fax: +33 1 40 79 32 31; E-mail: heyer@mnhn.fr

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  1. Issue published online: 12 JAN 2012
  2. Article first published online: 29 DEC 2011
  3. Received 27 September 2011; revision received 16 November 2011; accepted 17 November 2011

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