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1 Introduction Neanderthals, an extinct hominin group, inhabited Eurasia prior to the migration of anatomically modern humans out of Africa. They are regarded as the closest relatives of present-day humans from an evolutionary perspective [1]. It is now established that Neanderthal genome segments persist in modern human genomes and may influence susceptibility to diseases, in particular to those due to immune-related abnormalities [2].
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