Statistics used to infer inter-breeding between humans and Neanderthals are strongly predicted by flanking sequence heterozygosity

A large and rapidly expanding literature has grown out of the observation that humans carry a genetic legacy reflecting ancient inter-breeding with archaic hominins such as Neanderthals and Denisovans. However, a recent study suggests that a commonly used statistic used to assess legacy size, D, is ...

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