Neurogenetics: Accelerating towards mental illness

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 17, 671 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrn.2016.145 Author: Sian Lewis The human genome contains conserved loci that show accelerated divergence from other species — called human accelerated regions (HARs) — but the effect of mutations in these regions on brain function is poorly understood. Doan et al. found that the levels of two types

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Source: Nature Reviews Neuroscience - October 17, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Sian Lewis Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

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