Neandertal Ancestry and the Immune System (IMAGE)

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Neandertal Ancestry and the Immune System

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This visual abstract depicts how genetic variants enriched in population specific signals of natural selection and, among Europeans, of Neandertal ancestry play a major role in the differences in transcriptional responses to inflammatory and infectious challenges observed between human populations.

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Quach et al./<i>Cell</i> 2016

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