Recent adaptive events in human brain revealed by meta-analysis of positively selected genes.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Analysis of positively-selected genes can help us understand how human evolved, especially the evolution of highly developed cognitive functions. However, previous works have reached conflicting conclusions regarding whether human neuronal genes are over-represented among...

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Main Authors: Yue Huang, Chen Xie, Adam Y Ye, Chuan-Yun Li, Ge Gao, Liping Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3622023?pdf=render