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Ancient hybridization and strong adaptation to viruses across African vervet monkey populations.
Nature genetics - 1 Dec 2017
Svardal Hannes, Jasinska Anna J, Apetrei Cristian, Coppola Giovanni, Huang Yu, Schmitt Christopher A, Jacquelin Beatrice, Ramensky Vasily, Müller-Trutwin Michaela, Antonio Martin, Weinstock George, Grobler J Paul, Dewar Ken, Wilson Richard K, Turner Trudy R, Warren Wesley C, Freimer Nelson B, Nordborg Magnus
Abstract excerpt
Vervet monkeys are among the most widely distributed nonhuman primates, show considerable phenotypic diversity, and have long been an important biomedical model for a variety of human diseases and in vaccine research. Using whole-genome sequencing data from 163 vervets sampled from across Africa and the Caribbean, we find high diversity within and between taxa and clear evidence that taxonomic divergence was...
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