Questions for “Some Neandertal genes may up the risk of severe COVID-19”
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Interbreeding left people with ancestral fossils — DNA — from Neandertals (Neandertal skull shown). One of those genetic relics may make people more likely to get severely ill when infected with COVID-19.
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