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Adaptive evolution of four microcephaly genes and the evolution of brain size in anthropoid primates.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jan 2011
Montgomery Stephen H, Capellini Isabella, Venditti Chris, Barton Robert A, Mundy Nicholas I
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The anatomical basis and adaptive function of the expansion in primate brain size have long been studied; however, we are only beginning to understand the genetic basis of these evolutionary changes. Genes linked to human primary microcephaly have received much attention as they have accelerated evolutionary rates along lineages leading to humans. However, these studies focus narrowly on apes, and the link...
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