title: Genetic basis of human brain evolution: accelerating along the primate speedway.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Glycobiology Research and Training Center, Department of Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: Tasha K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Altheide
authors.forename: Ajit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011323:Primates / Q000502:physiology*; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins