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    Skeletal remains from the Neolithic passage tomb at Newgrange (Ireland) represent the adult son of a first-degree incestuous union, suggesting that a politico-religious elite may have controlled the construction of Irish sites of this type.

    • Lara M. Cassidy
    • , Ros Ó Maoldúin
    •  & Daniel G. Bradley

  • Letter |

    An analysis of 16 health-related quantitative traits in approximately 350,000 individuals reveals statistically significant associations between genome-wide homozygosity and four complex traits (height, lung function, cognitive ability and educational attainment); in each case increased homozygosity associates with a decreased trait value, but no evidence was seen of an influence on blood pressure, cholesterol, or ten other cardio-metabolic traits.

    • Peter K. Joshi
    • , Tonu Esko
    •  & James F. Wilson

  • News & Views |

    Different versions of the same gene can be either dominant or recessive. A small non-coding RNA mediates such differences in dominance as part of a system that prevents inbreeding in plants.

    • Daphne Goring
    •  & Emily Indriolo

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