Molecular evolution of microcephalin, a gene determining human brain size

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1131-1137

  Wang, Yin Qiu ^a   Su, Bing ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MICROCEPHALIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; APE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONKEY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMORPHY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLORHINI; HAPLOTYPES; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CERCOPITHECIDAE; DARWINIA; HOMINIDAE; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 2942737273     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh127     Document Type: Article

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