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The quantity of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans: a reanalysis relaxing the assumption of constant mutation rate

2016-07-22

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Few now dispute that a few percent of the DNA of non-African humans is a legacy of interbreeding with Neanderthals. However, heterozygosity and mutation rate appear to be linked such that the loss of diversity associated with humans migrating out of Africa caused a mutational slowdown, allowing Africans to diverge more from both our common ancestor and Neanderthals. Here I use a range of contrasting tests aimed at...

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DOI: 10.1101/065359

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