Viruses Influenced Gene Sharing between Neanderthals and Humans (IMAGE)

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Viruses Influenced Gene Sharing between Neanderthals and Humans

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This graphical abstract shows how human genome evolution after Neanderthal interbreeding was shaped by viral infections and the resulting selection for ancient alleles of viralinteracting protein genes.

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Enard & Petrov / <I>Cell</I>

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