Evolution of hominin detoxification: Neanderthal and modern human AHR respond similarly to TCDD
J. M. M. J. G. Aarts, G. M. Alink, H. J. Franssen, W. Roebroeks
The paper compares Neanderthal and modern human AHR responses to TCDD, finding no significant difference in CYP1A1 induction, challenging previous claims of modern human superiority in smoke toxin detoxification.
bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2018Evolutionary Biology