Inbred royals show traces of natural selection
@article{Callaway2013InbredRS, title={Inbred royals show traces of natural selection}, author={Ewen Callaway}, journal={Nature}, year={2013} }
Study suggests the Spanish Habsburgs evolved to mute the effects of inbreeding, but other geneticists are unconvinced.
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