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Functional divergence among hominins

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Inferred gene expression differences between modern humans and our extinct archaic relatives suggest potential mechanistic bases for the evolution of hominin phenotypes.

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Fig. 1: Inferring archaic gene expression from genomic data.

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Yan, S.M., McCoy, R.C. Functional divergence among hominins. Nat Ecol Evol 3, 1507–1508 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0995-y

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