Microcephalin, a Gene Regulating Brain Size, Continues to Evolve Adaptively in Humans

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P356DOI10.1126/SCIENCE.1113722
P3181OpenCitations bibliographic resource ID4190973
P698PubMed publication ID16151009
P5875ResearchGate publication ID7611129

P2093author name stringSarah A Tishkoff
Richard R Hudson
Bruce T Lahn
Eric J Vallender
Jeffrey R Anderson
Sandra L Gilbert
P. D. Evans
Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov
Leila M Vaez-Azizi
P2860cites workStratigraphic placement and age of modern humans from Kibish, EthiopiaQ22122476
P433issue5741
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectmicrocephalyQ431643
brain sizeQ1030681
P304page(s)1717-1720
P577publication date2005-09-09
P1433published inScienceQ192864
P1476titleMicrocephalin, a Gene Regulating Brain Size, Continues to Evolve Adaptively in Humans
P478volume309

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Q33997612Comment on "Ongoing adaptive evolution of ASPM, a brain size determinant in Homo sapiens" and "Microcephalin, a gene regulating brain size, continues to evolve adaptively in humans".
Q22337065Comment on Papers by Evans et al. and Mekel-Bobrov et al. on Evidence for Positive Selection of MCPH1 and ASPM

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