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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2026

A global map for introgressed structural variation and selection in humans.

PingHsun Hsieh, Natthapon Soisangwan, David S Gordon, Athef Javidh, William T Harvey, David Porubsky, Kendra Hoekzema, Carl Baker, Katherine M Munson, Christopher Kinipi and 6 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

PingHsun HsiehDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8294-6227
Natthapon SoisangwanBioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0425-2232
David S GordonDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6552-4022
Athef JavidhBioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA.
William T HarveyDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0646-7528
David PorubskyDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8414-8966
Kendra HoekzemaDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8058-0177
Carl BakerDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Katherine M MunsonDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8413-6498
Christopher KinipiThe University Clinic, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.ORCID 0000-0002-3848-0738
Matthew LeavesleyStrand of Anthropology, Sociology and Archaeology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea.ORCID 0000-0002-4612-8304
Nicolas BrucatoCentre de Recherche sur la Biodiversité et l'Environnement (CRBE), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, Toulouse INP, Université Toulouse 3 - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Toulouse, France.
Murray P CoxCollege of Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-1936-0236
François-X RicautCentre de Recherche sur la Biodiversité et l'Environnement (CRBE), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, Toulouse INP, Université Toulouse 3 - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Toulouse, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7609-7898
Irene Gallego RomeroHuman Genomics and Evolution, St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1613-8998
Evan E EichlerDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8246-4014

Funding

Sequence and Assembly of Segmental DuplicationsR01HG002385 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Evan Eichler · 2001 to 2026
$13.3M
The fitness effects of de novo structural variantsR00HG011041 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HSIEH, PINGHSUN · 2023 to 2025
$729k
NHGRI NIH HHS R00 HG011041NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG002385
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic introgression from Neanderthals and Denisovans shaped modern human genomes; however, introgressed structural variants (SVs ≥ 50 base pairs) remain challenging to discover. We integrated high-quality phased assemblies from four new Papua New Guinea (PNG) haploid genomes with 94 published assemblies of diverse ancestry to infer an introgressed SV map. Introgressed SVs are enriched in genes (47%), including critical genomic disorder regions, and are most abundant in PNG genomes. We identified 11 centromeres likely derived from archaic hominins, adding unexplored diversity to centromere genomics. Pangenome genotyping of these 98 assemblies across 1363 samples revealed 16 adaptive SVs, many associated with immune-related genes and expression, in the PNG genomes. We hypothesize that archaic SVs contributed to reproductive success, underscoring introgression as a major force in human adaptive evolution.

Indexed as

Genetic IntrogressionGenome, HumanGenomic Structural VariationNeanderthalsSelection, GeneticAnimalsCentromereChromosome MappingEvolution, MolecularHumansPapua New Guinea

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PMID42275491
PMCPMC13322399

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