Archaic mitochondrial DNA inserts in modern day nuclear genomes
Abstract Background Traces of interbreeding of Neanderthals and Denisovans with modern humans in the form of archaic DNA have been detected in the genomes of present-day human populations outside sub-Saharan Africa. Up to now, only nuclear archaic DNA has been detected in modern humans; we therefore...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Genomics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6392-8 |