Genes and human brain evolution

Daniel H. Geschwind () and Genevieve Konopka ()
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Daniel H. Geschwind: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1761, USA.
Genevieve Konopka: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9111, USA.

Nature, 2012, vol. 486, issue 7404, 481-482

Abstract: Several genes were duplicated during human evolution. It seems that one such duplication gave rise to a gene that may have helped to make human brains bigger and more adaptable than those of our ancestors.

Date: 2012
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