Selection against archaic hominin DNA in human regulatory regions
N. Telis, R. Aguilar, K. Harris
The paper examines depletion of archaic hominin DNA in human regulatory regions, finding young Neandertal and Denisovan SNPs are depleted from enhancers, especially pleiotropic ones, suggesting harmful effects on hybrid fitness.
bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2020Evolutionary Biology