The protocadherin 11X/Y gene pair as a putative determinant of cerebral dominance in Homo sapiens

Future Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 509-518

  Priddle, Tom H ^a   Crow, Tim J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aymmetry; FOXP2; Language; LMO4; LRRTM1; PCDH11X.Y; Speciation; Xq21.3 Yp11

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1ALPHA; PROTOCADHERIN 11X; PROTOCADHERIN 11Y; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANEUPLOIDY; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CHROMOSOME XQ; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 69849102988     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fnl.09.23     Document Type: Review

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