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A test of the hypothesis that variable mutation rates create signals that have previously been interpreted as evidence of archaic introgression into humans

2020-12-24

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It is widely accepted that non-African humans carry 1-2% Neanderthal DNA due to historical inter-breeding. However, inferences about introgression rely on a critical assumption that mutation rate is constant and that back-mutations are too rare to be important. Both these assumptions have been challenged, and recent evidence points towards an alternative model where signals interpreted as introgression are driven...

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Literature Corpus work: 2fe7954d-2977-545d-8063-bdadbd3bd509
DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.23.424213

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