{
  "id": 9100699,
  "title": "Adaptive introgression in Tibetans spans focal and distributed architectures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/adaptive-introgression-in-tibetans-spans-focal-and-distributed",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.18.752559v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Denisovan-derived EPAS1 haplotype is a paradigmatic example of adaptive introgression, but whether archaic ancestry contributed beyond such large-effect loci remains unclear. We analyzed genomes from 1,039 Tibetans, Han Chinese, archaic hominins and ancient Tibetan Plateau individuals. Denisovan-derived adaptive variation was highly localized around EPAS1, whereas Neanderthal-derived…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}