Neural development: 'Enhancing' human cognition
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 19, 120 (2018).
doi:10.1038/nrn.2018.11
Author: Sian Lewis
Human-gained enhancers (regulatory elements in the human genome that are more active in the human lineage) are shown to regulate progenitor proliferation in the outer subventricular zone, an area that is substantially larger in humans compared with other primates.
Source: Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Sian Lewis Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research