Detecting archaic introgression using an unadmixed outgroup.

Human populations outside of Africa have experienced at least two bouts of introgression from archaic humans, from Neanderthals and Denisovans. In Papuans there is prior evidence of both these introgressions. Here we present a new approach to detect segments of individual genomes of archaic origin w...

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Main Authors: Laurits Skov, Ruoyun Hui, Vladimir Shchur, Asger Hobolth, Aylwyn Scally, Mikkel Heide Schierup, Richard Durbin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007641