Microcephaly genes evolved adaptively throughout the evolution of eutherian mammals

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Montgomery, Stephen H ^a   Mundy, Nicholas I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; ASPM; Brain size; CDK5RAP2; Mammals; Microcephaly genes; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BRAIN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE;

CETACEA; EUTHERIA; GLIRES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MICROCEPHALY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICROCEPHALY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84902544691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-120     Document Type: Article

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