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Review
. 2021 Feb;140(2):231-240.
doi: 10.1007/s00439-020-02208-5. Epub 2020 Jul 18.

Population genetics: past, present, and future

Atsuko Okazaki  1   2 , Satoru Yamazaki  3 , Ituro Inoue  4 , Jurg Ott  5
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Review

Population genetics: past, present, and future

Atsuko Okazaki et al. Hum Genet. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

We present selected topics of population genetics and molecular phylogeny. As several excellent review articles have been published and generally focus on European and American scientists, here, we emphasize contributions by Japanese researchers. Our review may also be seen as a belated 50-year celebration of Motoo Kimura's early seminal paper on the molecular clock, published in 1968.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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