Studies Suggest Archaic Human Immune Sequences Particularly Persistent in Human Genome

Jan 07, 2016

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A pair of studies published online today in the American Journal of Human Genetics suggest that mixing between modern humans and Neanderthals outside of Africa has contributed to immune features still found in the human genome.

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