The evolutionary masquerade: Genetic and epigenetic contributions to the neocortex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 157-165

  Krubitzer, Leah ^a   Stolzenberg, Danielle S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; NEOCORTEX; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84891127486     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.11.010     Document Type: Review

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