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Diverse functions associate with non-coding polymorphisms shared between humans and chimpanzees.
BMC ecology and evolution - 23 May 2022
Velazquez-Arcelay Keila, Benton Mary Lauren, Capra John A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Long-term balancing selection (LTBS) can maintain allelic variation at a locus over millions of years and through speciation events. Variants shared between species in the state of identity-by-descent, hereafter "trans-species polymorphisms", can result from LTBS, often due to host-pathogen interactions. For instance, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) locus contains TSPs present across...
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