evolutionary biology
Fast-Evolving Human Genome Sequences Found to Have Brain-Related Regulatory Roles
An integrated analysis that spanned thousands of human accelerated regions suggested they harbor regulatory elements with roles in human brain development.
Sequence-Based Blood Type Analysis Suggests Neanderthals, Denisovans Arose in Africa
The researchers used recently generated genome sequences for three Neanderthals and one Denisovan to determine their blood types and examine their evolutionary history.
Bonobo Genome Assembly Provides Clues to Primate Evolution
A high-quality assembly that includes long-read sequencing data enabled a more detailed look at evolutionary relationships between bonobos, chimps, and humans.
Ancient Sequencing Studies Provide Look at Early Modern Human Populations in Europe
A pair of new studies focus on two modern human populations with recent Neanderthal mixing that lived in Europe around 45,000 or more years ago.
SARS-CoV-2 Evolution in Bats May Have Resulted in Highly Efficient Human Pathogen
There may have been an intermediary species that passed SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans, but a new study says the virus evolved to be a generalist infector.