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Neandertal introgression partitions the genetic landscape of neuropsychiatric disorders and associated behavioral phenotypes.
Translational psychiatry - 5 Oct 2022
Dannemann Michael, Milaneschi Yuri, Yermakovich Danat, Stiglbauer Victoria, Kariis Hanna Maria, Krebs Kristi, Friese Manuel A, Otte Christian, Lehto Kelli, Penninx Brenda W J H, Kelso Janet, Gold Stefan M
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Despite advances in identifying the genetic basis of psychiatric and neurological disorders, fundamental questions about their evolutionary origins remain elusive. Here, introgressed variants from archaic humans such as Neandertals can serve as an intriguing research paradigm. We compared the number of associations for Neandertal variants to the number of associations of frequency-matched non-archaic variants...
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