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Natural Selection of the Common STING Allele HAQ in Anatomically Modern Humans
Alexandra a Aybar-Torres, Lei Jin
The paper identifies the HAQ STING allele as positively selected during human migration out of Africa but negatively selected in Sub-Saharan Africa due to its impact on immune responses.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.04.749500