The protocadherin 11X/Y (PCDH11X/Y) gene pair as determinant of cerebral asymmetry in modern Homo sapiens

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1288, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-47

  Priddle, Thomas H ^a   Crow, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Language; Neurodevelopment; PCDH11X Y; Xq21.3 Yp11.2

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; PROTOCADHERIN 11X; PROTOCADHERIN 11Y; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHIMPANZEE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

HOMO SAPIENS; PAN;

EID: 84878837502     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12042     Document Type: Article

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