Evolution of genetic and genomic features unique to the human lineage

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 853-866

  O'Bleness, Majesta ^a   Searles, Veronica B ^a   Varki, Ajit ^b,c,d   Gagneux, Pascal ^c,d   Sikela, James M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN C1; GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 45; MYOSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SMELLING; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84869479375     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3336     Document Type: Review

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