Recently evolved human-specific methylated regions are enriched in schizophrenia signals

Recently evolved human-specific methylated regions are enriched in schizophrenia signals

Abstract Background One explanation for the persistence of schizophrenia despite the reduced fertility of patients is that it is a by-product of recent human evolution. This hypothesis is supported by evidence suggesting that recently-evolved genomic regions in humans are involved in the genetic ris...

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Main Authors: Niladri Banerjee, Tatiana Polushina, Francesco Bettella, Sudheer Giddaluru, Vidar M. Steen, Ole A. Andreassen, Stephanie Le Hellard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Differentially methylated regions
Schizophrenia
Evolution
Epigenetics
Height, Neanderthal selective sweep score
Human accelerated regions
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1177-2

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