Neanderthal genome
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The Neanderthal genome is the complete set of genetic material recovered and sequenced from Neanderthal remains, providing crucial insights into human evolution and interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neanderthal Genome Project | 1 |
| Neanderthal genome canonical | 1 |
| Neanderthal genome project | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient DNA sequence
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genome ⓘ paleogenomic dataset ⓘ reference genome ⓘ scientific research project ⓘ |
| basedOnSpecimensFrom |
Altai Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Altai region
Mezmaiskaya Cave ⓘ Vindija Cave ⓘ |
| describes | Neanderthals ⓘ |
| enablesComparisonWith |
Denisovan genome
ⓘ
chimpanzee genome ⓘ modern human genomes ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
anthropology
ⓘ
evolutionary genetics ⓘ human evolution ⓘ paleogenomics ⓘ population genetics ⓘ |
| firstDraftPublishedIn | 2010 ⓘ |
| hasCoverage |
draft genome
ⓘ
high-coverage genome ⓘ |
| hasImplicationFor |
definition of modern human uniqueness
ⓘ
models of human migration out of Africa ⓘ understanding of archaic hominin diversity ⓘ |
| hasPart |
mitochondrial DNA
ⓘ
nuclear DNA ⓘ |
| highCoverageGenomePublishedIn | 2013 ⓘ |
| isGenomeOfTaxon |
Neanderthals
ⓘ
surface form:
Homo neanderthalensis
|
| notableFor |
evidence of interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans
ⓘ
high-coverage ancient hominin genome sequencing ⓘ insights into human evolutionary history ⓘ |
| providesEvidenceFor |
admixture between Neanderthals and non-African modern humans
ⓘ
gene flow from Neanderthals into modern humans ⓘ |
| publishedInJournal |
Nature
ⓘ
Science ⓘ |
| sequencedBy |
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
ⓘ
Neanderthal genome self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Neanderthal Genome Project
Svante Pääbo ⓘ |
| showsContributionLevel | about 1–4 percent of the genome of non-African modern humans ⓘ |
| showsContributionTo |
genomes of present-day Asians
ⓘ
genomes of present-day Europeans ⓘ genomes of present-day Native Americans ⓘ |
| showsLowContributionTo | sub-Saharan African populations ⓘ |
| usedToIdentify |
Neanderthal-derived alleles affecting human traits
ⓘ
introgressed Neanderthal DNA segments in modern humans ⓘ |
| usedToInfer |
divergence time between Neanderthals and modern humans
ⓘ
patterns of selection in human evolution ⓘ population size history of Neanderthals ⓘ |
| usedToStudy |
adaptation to non-African environments
ⓘ
genetic basis of disease risk in modern humans ⓘ immune system evolution ⓘ skin and hair pigmentation in archaic humans ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Svante Pääbo
this entity surface form:
Neanderthal genome project
this entity surface form:
Neanderthal Genome Project