| Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution RL Cann, M Stoneking, AC Wilson Nature 325 (6099), 31-36, 1987 | 4427 | 1987 |
| Mitochondrial DNA and two perspectives on evolutionary genetics AC Wilson, RL Cann, SM Carr, M George, UB Gyllensten, ... Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 26 (4), 375-400, 1985 | 1570 | 1985 |
| Polymorphic sites and the mechanism of evolution in human mitochondrial DNA RL Cann, WM Brown, AC Wilson Genetics 106 (3), 479-499, 1984 | 523 | 1984 |
| The recent African genesis of humans AC Wilson, RL Cann Scientific American 266 (4), 68-75, 1992 | 337 | 1992 |
| Length mutations in human mitochondrial DNA RL Cann, AC Wilson Genetics 104 (4), 699-711, 1983 | 307 | 1983 |
| Genetic clues to dispersal in human populations: retracing the past from the present RL Cann Science 291 (5509), 1742-1748, 2001 | 230 | 2001 |
| Polynesian mitochondrial DNAs reveal three deep maternal lineage clusters JK Lum, O Rickards, C Ching, RL Cann Human Biology, 567-590, 1994 | 193 | 1994 |
| Mitochondrial and nuclear genetic relationships among Pacific Island and Asian populations JK Lum, RL Cann, JJ Martinson, LB Jorde The American Journal of Human Genetics 63 (2), 613-624, 1998 | 158 | 1998 |
| mtDNA lineage analyses: origins and migrations of Micronesians and Polynesians J Koji Lum, RL Cann American Journal of Physical Anthropology: The Official Publication of the …, 2000 | 150 | 2000 |
| mtDNA history of the Cayapa Amerinds of Ecuador: detection of additional founding lineages for the Native American populations O Rickards, C Martinez-Labarga, JK Lum, GF De Stefano, RL Cann The American Journal of Human Genetics 65 (2), 519-530, 1999 | 143 | 1999 |
| African origin of human mitochondrial DNA. M Stoneking The human revolution: behavioral and biological perspectives on the origin …, 1989 | 141 | 1989 |
| DNA and human origins RL Cann Annual Review of Anthropology 17 (1), 127-143, 1988 | 128 | 1988 |
| Increase in avian malaria at upper elevation in Hawai ‘i LA Freed, RL Cann, ML Goff, WA Kuntz, GR Bodner The Condor 107 (4), 753-764, 2005 | 126 | 2005 |
| mtDNA and language support a common origin of Micronesians and Polynesians in Island Southeast Asia JK Lum, RL Cann American Journal of Physical Anthropology: The Official Publication of the …, 1998 | 126 | 1998 |
| A PCR test for avian malaria in Hawaiian birds RA Feldman, LA Freed, RL Cann Molecular Ecology 4 (6), 663-674, 1995 | 117 | 1995 |
| Allelic variation in human mitochondrial genes based on patterns of restriction site polymorphism. TS Whittam, AG Clark, M Stoneking, RL Cann, AC Wilson Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 83 (24), 9611-9615, 1986 | 102 | 1986 |
| Molecular evolution and systematics of the genus Macaca JE Cronin The Macaques: Studies in Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution, 1980 | 82 | 1980 |
| Evidence against a genetic-based revolution in language 50,000 years ago KC Diller, RL Cann The cradle of language 12, 135, 2009 | 79 | 2009 |
| mtDNA variation in caste populations of Andhra Pradesh, India M Bamshad, AE Fraley, MH Crawford, RL Cann, BR Busi, JM Naidu, ... Human biology, 1-28, 1996 | 75 | 1996 |
| Evolution of human mitochondrial DNA: a preliminary report. RL Cann, WM Brown, AC Wilson Progress in clinical and biological research 103, 157-165, 1982 | 69 | 1982 |
