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Top News The genomes of multiple East Asian populations bear the signature of a viral epidemic that occurred approximately 900 generations, or 25,000 years (28 years per generation) ago, according to a new study published in the journal Current Biology . Souilmi et al . apply evolutionary analyses to human genomic datasets to recover selection events involving tens of human genes that interact with coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, that likely started more than 20,000 years ago. Image credit: Souilmi et al ., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.067. Throughout the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens , positive natural selection has frequently targeted proteins that physically...
