Evan K Irving-Pease1, Alba Refoyo-Martínez2, William Barrie3

  • 1Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. evan.irvingpease@gmail.com.

Nature
|January 10, 2024
PubMed
まとめ

ホロセーン時代の古代人の進化は 食生活や生活様式に大きな変化をもたらしました 遺伝分析は 選択と移住が ヨーロッパの人口を どう形作ったかを明らかにし 今日では 身長や病気のリスクなどの特徴に影響を与えています

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