Using the Neandertal genome to study the evolution of small insertions and deletions in modern humans

Using the Neandertal genome to study the evolution of small insertions and deletions in modern humans

Abstract Background Small insertions and deletions occur in humans at a lower rate compared to nucleotide changes, but evolve under more constraint than nucleotide changes. While the evolution of insertions and deletions have been investigated using ape outgroups, the now available genome of a Neand...

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Main Authors: Manjusha Chintalapati, Michael Dannemann, Kay Prüfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Neandertal
Ancient DNA
Indel evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-1018-8

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