Functional implications of Neandertal introgression in modern humans

Genome Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Dannemann, Michael ^a   Prüfer, Kay ^a   Kelso, Janet ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression regulation; Human evolution; Neandertal introgression; Protein sequence variation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTROGRESSION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEANDERTHALS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 85016551399     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-017-1181-7     Document Type: Article

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