The fetal brain provides a raison d'être for the evolution of new human genes

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 213-214

  Konopka, Genevieve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862870384     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336723     Document Type: Review

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