Human Adaptation in the Light of Ancient and Modern Genomes

Modern humans originated in Africa around 200,000 years ago and today have settled in nearly every corner of earth. During migrations humans became exposed to new pathogens, food sources and have encountered vastly different environments. Natural selection likely contributed to the survival under su...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Key, Felix-Michael
Other Authors: Universität Leipzig, Fakultät für Biowissenschaften, Pharmazie und Psychologie
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig 2016
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-204412
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-204412
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/20441/exemplar_UB.pdf