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Researchers meta-analyzed rare bi-allelic coding variation across six global biobanks, comprising nearly 1 million individuals, and identified 17 recessive gene-trait associations. This study links HBB to heart failure and LECT2 to reduced height, demonstrating that large-scale genomic data can uncover hidden genetic contributions to complex diseases.
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A high-resolution single-cell study mapped the clonal architecture of aplastic anemia across different ages, revealing that somatic inactivation of specific human leukocyte antigen risk alleles is a frequent event. This finding highlights how the immune system’s own genes can drive blood disorders through multiple independent mutations within the same individual.
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Using population genomics in fruit flies, scientists uncovered two distinct ways the host genome triggers piRNA-based immunity against the endogenous retrovirus Tirant. This adaptive mechanism, which exploits a vulnerability in the transposon’s insertion strategy, provides rapid genome defense and challenges previous models of how organisms evolve to silence new genetic invaders.
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