Genetic basis of brain size evolution in cetaceans: insights from adaptive evolution of seven primary microcephaly (MCPH) genes

BACKGROUND: Cetacean brain size expansion is an enigmatic event in mammalian evolution, yet its genetic basis remains poorly explored. Here, all exons of the seven primary microcephaly (MCPH) genes that play key roles in size regulation during brain development were investigated in representative ce...

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Published in:BMC Evol Biol
Main Authors: Xu, Shixia, Sun, Xiaohui, Niu, Xu, Zhang, Zepeng, Tian, Ran, Ren, Wenhua, Zhou, Kaiya, Yang, Guang
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5576371/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28851290
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1051-7
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