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Model-based analyses of whole-genome data reveal a complex evolutionary history involving archaic introgression in Central African Pygmies.
Genome research - 1 Mar 2016
Hsieh PingHsun, Woerner August E, Wall Jeffrey D, Lachance Joseph, Tishkoff Sarah A, Gutenkunst Ryan N, Hammer Michael F
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Comparisons of whole-genome sequences from ancient and contemporary samples have pointed to several instances of archaic admixture through interbreeding between the ancestors of modern non-Africans and now extinct hominids such as Neanderthals and Denisovans. One implication of these findings is that some adaptive features in contemporary humans may have entered the population via gene flow with archaic forms in...
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