Decoding the molecular evolution of human cognition using comparative genomics.

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Published in Brain Behav Evol on September 20, 2014

Authors

Noriyoshi Usui1, Marissa Co, Genevieve Konopka

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex., USA.

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