Evolutionary divergence of gene and protein expression in the brains of humans and chimpanzees

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2276-2288

  Bauernfeind, Amy L ^a,b,c   Soderblom, Erik J ^d,e   Turner, Meredith E ^d,e   Moseley, M Arthur ^d,e   Ely, John J ^f   Hof, Patrick R ^g,h   Sherwood, Chet C ^c   Wray, Gregory A ^d,e   Babbitt, Courtney C ⁱ  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MAEBIOS TM   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Human brain evolution; Proteome; RNA Seq; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROTEINS; PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84945485646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv132     Document Type: Article

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