Genetic basis of human brain evolution: accelerating along the primate speedway.
Using novel variations of traditional methods, report in the December 29(th) issue of Cell that diverse genes involved in neural biology (particularly those critical in development) show higher rates of protein evolution in primates than in rodents-particularly in the lineage leading to humans.
Hayakawa
Toshiyuki
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Glycobiology Research and Training Center, Department of Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Altheide
Tasha K
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Varki
Ajit
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