Molecular evolutionary analysis of human primary microcephaly genes
Abstract Background There has been a rapid increase in the brain size relative to body size during mammalian evolutionary history. In particular, the enlarged and globular brain is the most distinctive anatomical feature of modern humans that set us apart from other extinct and extant primate specie...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-05-01
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Series: | BMC Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01801-0 |