Accelerated FoxP2 evolution in echolocating bats.
FOXP2 is a transcription factor implicated in the development and neural control of orofacial coordination, particularly with respect to vocalisation. Observations that orthologues show almost no variation across vertebrates yet differ by two amino acids between humans and chimpanzees have led to sp...
| Published in: | PLoS ONE |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000900 |