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The genomic landscape of Neanderthal ancestry in present-day humans

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  • Sriram Sankararaman

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT)

  • Swapan Mallick

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT)

  • Michael Dannemann

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04103, Germany)

  • Kay Prüfer

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04103, Germany)

  • Janet Kelso

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04103, Germany)

  • Svante Pääbo

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04103, Germany)

  • Nick Patterson

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT)

  • David Reich

    (Harvard Medical School
    Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School)

Abstract

In the modern human genome, elevated Neanderthal ancestry is found at genes affecting keratin filaments, suggesting that gene flow with Neanderthals helped modern humans to adapt to non-African environments; deficiencies of Neanderthal ancestry are also found, particularly on the X chromosome and in genes expressed highly in testes, suggesting that some Neanderthal mutations were not tolerated on a modern human genetic background as they reduced male fertility.

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  • Sriram Sankararaman & Swapan Mallick & Michael Dannemann & Kay Prüfer & Janet Kelso & Svante Pääbo & Nick Patterson & David Reich, 2014. "The genomic landscape of Neanderthal ancestry in present-day humans," Nature, Nature, vol. 507(7492), pages 354-357, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:507:y:2014:i:7492:d:10.1038_nature12961
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12961
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