Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Abi-Rached L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3677943 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20110825 6052
Whole genome comparisons identified introgression from archaic to modern humans. Our analysis of highly polymorphic human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I, vital immune system components subject to strong balancing selection, shows how modern humans acquired the HLA-B*73 allele in west Asia through admixture with archaic humans called Denisovans, a likely sister group to the Neandertals. Virtual genotyping of Denisovan and Neandertal genomes identified archaic HLA haplotypes carrying functionally ...[more]