Gene expression: Evolving expression patterns

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 19, 7 (2018).
doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.158

Author: Katherine Whalley
Differences in gene expression patterns are thought to be drivers of evolutionary changes in brain organization and function. Sousa et al. compared the transcriptomes of 16 brain regions in humans, chimpanzees and macaque monkeys, revealing brain-wide, regional and cell type-specific differences in gene expression

Source: Nature Reviews Neuroscience - December 14, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Katherine Whalley Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research