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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 15, 2023

Reference:

Richard Ågren et al. Major Genetic Risk Factors for Dupuytren's Disease Are Inherited From Neandertals.

Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2023; 40 (6) DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msad130
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/40/6/msad130/7197475

* [Wikipedia] Neanderthal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal

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Major Genetic Risk Factors for Dupuytren's Disease Are Inherited From Neandertals

Abstract. Dupuytren's disease is characterized by fingers becoming permanently bent in a flexed position. Whereas people of African ancestry are rarely aff

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