Published in Nature on September 30, 2007
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Molecular evolution of FOXP2, a gene involved in speech and language. Nature (2002) 5.89
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A genome-wide comparison of recent chimpanzee and human segmental duplications. Nature (2005) 5.51
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Genetic variant near IRS1 is associated with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia. Nat Genet (2009) 5.43
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Early allelic selection in maize as revealed by ancient DNA. Science (2003) 4.38
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Multiplex amplification of the mammoth mitochondrial genome and the evolution of Elephantidae. Nature (2005) 3.74
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Mitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and extant bears near the Miocene-Pliocene boundary. BMC Evol Biol (2008) 3.21
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Divergent mtDNA lineages of goats in an Early Neolithic site, far from the initial domestication areas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 1.66