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The Role of Archaic Human Genes in the Current Epidemic of Diabetes Mellitus in Indigenous Australians

2018-06-25

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Indigenous Australians have been particularly affected by type 2 diabetes mellitus due to their genetic susceptibility and a range of environmental risk factors. Recent genetic studies link predisposition to some diseases, including diabetes, to archaic humans, such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, suggesting persistence of ancient alleles in the genomes of modern humans. In this review we discuss the evolutionary...

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Literature Corpus work: af86d436-0610-5df5-b62c-c1fb2af6ba34
DOI: 10.20944/preprints201806.0373.v1

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