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FOXP2 gene and language impairment in schizophrenia: association and epigenetic studies.
BMC medical genetics - 22 Jul 2010
Tolosa Amparo, Sanjuán Julio, Dagnall Adam M, Moltó María D, Herrero Neus, de Frutos Rosa
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BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia is considered a language related human specific disease. Previous studies have reported evidence of positive selection for schizophrenia-associated genes specific to the human lineage. FOXP2 shows two important features as a convincing candidate gene for schizophrenia vulnerability: FOXP2 is the first gene related to a language disorder, and it has been subject to positive selection in...
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