Complexity Constrains Evolution Of Human Brain Genes
Complexity Constrains Evolution Of Human Brain Genes
Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 27, 2006
Despite the explosive growth in size and complexity of the human brain, the pace of evolutionary change among the thousands of genes expressed in brain tissue has actually slowed since the split, millions of years ago, between human and chimpanzee, an international research team reports in the December 26, 2006, issue of the journal, PLOS Biology.
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