Differential DNA methylation of vocal and facial anatomy genes in modern humans
oleh: David Gokhman, Malka Nissim-Rafinia, Lily Agranat-Tamir, Genevieve Housman, Raquel García-Pérez, Esther Lizano, Olivia Cheronet, Swapan Mallick, Maria A. Nieves-Colón, Heng Li, Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Mario Novak, Hongcang Gu, Jason M. Osinski, Manuel Ferrando-Bernal, Pere Gelabert, Iddi Lipende, Deus Mjungu, Ivanela Kondova, Ronald Bontrop, Ottmar Kullmer, Gerhard Weber, Tal Shahar, Mona Dvir-Ginzberg, Marina Faerman, Ellen E. Quillen, Alexander Meissner, Yonatan Lahav, Leonid Kandel, Meir Liebergall, María E. Prada, Julio M. Vidal, Richard M. Gronostajski, Anne C. Stone, Benjamin Yakir, Carles Lalueza-Fox, Ron Pinhasi, David Reich, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Eran Meshorer, Liran Carmel
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2020-03-01 |
Deskripsi
How traits specific to modern humans have evolved is difficult to study. Here, Gokhman et al. compare measured and reconstructed DNA methylation maps of present-day humans, archaic humans and chimpanzees and find that genes that affect vocal tract and facial anatomy show methylation changes between archaic and modern humans.