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Migration genetics link excitatory neurons to ancient selection and economic growth

2026-02-06

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From ancient nomadic movements to modern urbanization, migration has driven human history through mechanisms that remain poorly understood. We conducted a genome-wide association study of migration distance in 250,000 UK individuals, identifying 20 loci in neurodevelopmental genes with 5% heritability. Migration-related variants are associated with excitatory neuron gene expression and correlate with cognition, ri...

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Literature Corpus work: 408e1b5a-bd96-5a1c-b5e9-e32f2822c18d
DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.05.703995

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