Ancient DNA ties modern diseases to ancestry

Science. 2024 Jan 12;383(6679):138-139. doi: 10.1126/science.adn9644. Epub 2024 Jan 11.

Abstract

Among Europeans, risk of multiple sclerosis rises with genes from Bronze Age Yamnaya herders.

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Ancient*
  • Europe / epidemiology
  • Genome, Human
  • Humans
  • Multiple Sclerosis* / epidemiology
  • Multiple Sclerosis* / genetics
  • Multiple Sclerosis* / history

Substances

  • DNA, Ancient