Noteworthy Papers

Evolutionary and Biomedical Insights from the Rhesus Macaque Genome

Rhesus Macaque Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium. Science 316: 222-234, 2007.

Lineage-Specific Gene Duplication and Loss in Human and Great Ape Evolution

Fortna, A., Kim, Y., MacLaren, E., Marshall, K., Hahn, G., Meltesen, L., Brenton, M., Hink, R., Burgers, S., Hernandez-Boussard, T., Karimpour-Fard, A., Glueck, D., McGavran, L., Berry, R., Pollack, J.R. and Sikela, J.M. Lineage-specific gene duplication and loss in human and great ape evolution. PLoS Biology Jul 2(7):E207, 2004 .
 
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The Jewels of Our Genome

Sikela JM (2006) The Jewels of Our Genome: The Search for the Genomic Changes Underlying the Evolutionarily Unique Capacities of the Human Brain. PLoS Genet 2(5): e80.
 
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