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A maternal-fetal PIEZO1 incompatibility as a barrier to Neanderthal-modern human admixture
Asya Makhro, Sebastian Bardh, Lars Kaestner…·Patrick Eppenberger
The paper identifies a maternal-fetal PIEZO1 incompatibility that likely restricted Neanderthal-modern human admixture by reducing fetal survival in hybrids.
DOI 10.1101/2025.09.29.679417