The evolution of human genetic and phenotypic variation in Africa.

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Published in Curr Biol on February 23, 2010

Authors

Michael C Campbell1, Sarah A Tishkoff

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

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