Genomic Signatures of Selective Pressures and Introgression from Archaic Hominins at Human Innate Immunity Genes.

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Summary

This study identifies highly constrained genes that fulfill essential, non-redundant functions in host survival and reveals others that are more permissive to change-containing variation acquired from archaic hominins or adaptive variants in specific populations-improving the understanding of the relative biological importance of innate immunity pathways in natural conditions.

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article
Published
2016-01-07
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Keywords

Biology, Innate immune system, Genome, Gene, Acquired immune system

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