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Human inflammatory responses have been linked to adaptive genetic changes during human evolution. It is proposed that primate-specific transposons facilitated the evolution of inflammatory responses in great apes, w/Alus shaping adaptive potential in modern humans.
Transposon invasion of primate genomes shaped human inflammatory enhancers and susceptibility to inflammatory diseases - Nature Communications
Here, the authors propose that primate-specific transposons facilitated the evolution of inflammatory responses in great apes, with Alus shaping adaptive potential in modern humans.
