The diverse origins of the human gene pool
Analyses of the genomes of Neanderthals and Denisovans, the closest evolutionary relatives of present-day humans, suggest that our ancestors were part of a web of now-extinct populations linked by limited, but intermittent or sometimes perhaps even persistent, gene flow.
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Veröffentlicht in: | Nature reviews. Genetics 2015-06, Vol.16 (6), p.313-314 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Analyses of the genomes of Neanderthals and Denisovans, the closest evolutionary relatives of present-day humans, suggest that our ancestors were part of a web of now-extinct populations linked by limited, but intermittent or sometimes perhaps even persistent, gene flow. |
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ISSN: | 1471-0056 1471-0064 |
DOI: | 10.1038/nrg3954 |