Experiments

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• Accelerated evolution of the ASPM gene controlling brain size begins prior to human brain expansion.

  PMID 15045028 · PMC374243 · PLoS biology · 2004 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  The ASPM gene shows accelerated (positively selected) evolution in the African hominoid clade, and this acceleration precedes hominid brain expansion by several million years.

  chimpanzee retrofitted primate aspm tar restriction genomic

• On the association between chromosomal rearrangements and genic evolution in humans and chimpanzees.

  PMID 17971225 · PMC2246304 · Genome biology · 2007 · 8 claims · 4 setups

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  Genes located in rearranged chromosomes show lower non-coding (KI), synonymous (KS), and non-synonymous (KA) divergence than genes in colinear chromosomes.

  human-chimpanzee orthologous genome-wide pairwise lineage-specific permutation

• The jewels of our genome: the search for the genomic changes underlying the evolutionarily unique capacities of the human brain.

  PMID 16733552 · PMC1464830 · PLoS genetics · 2006 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Human and chimp genomes differ by ~35 million single nucleotide substitutions, corresponding to ~1.06% divergence after removing polymorphic sites

  chimpanzee chimp population non-human genome snp high-density

• Natural selection of protein structural and functional properties: a single nucleotide polymorphism perspective.

  PMID 18397526 · PMC2643940 · Genome biology · 2008 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  The SNP A/S ratio is a robust measure of selective constraint, correlating with interspecies Ka/Ks ratios and with protein sequence conservation.

  sequence genes proteins sequences snp interspecies sequence

• Getting positive about selection.

  PMID 12914654 · PMC193638 · Genome biology · 2003 · 8 claims · 4 setups

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  Purifying selection is the predominant form of molecular evolution, preserving fitness by eliminating deleterious mutations, while positive selection is rare but critical for adaptation.

  genome chimpanzee human-chimpanzee humans whole-genome ratio maximum-likelihood

• Web-based resources for comparative genomics.

  PMID 16197736 · PMC3525128 · Human genomics · 2005 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Comparative genomics is an indispensable tool for identifying functional genome elements and exploring evolutionary genome dynamics

  yeast chimpanzee mammalian protein-coding comparative genome maximum-likelihood

• Differences in the evolutionary history of disease genes affected by dominant or recessive mutations.

  PMID 16817963 · PMC1534034 · BMC genomics · 2006 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Dominant disease genes are more conserved at the protein level (mouse orthologues) than recessive disease genes.

  disease human-chimpanzee human-mouse-dog elegans sequence paralogue coding

• Programmed genetic instability: a tumor-permissive mechanism for maintaining the evolvability of higher species through methylation-dependent mutation of DNA repair genes in the male germ line.

  PMID 18535014 · PMC2464741 · Molecular biology and evolution · 2008 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Repair genes are numerically less common than apoptosis genes in the genomes of multicellular organisms

  yeast familial human-mouse comparative gene mutation

• Molecular phylogeny of the antiangiogenic and neurotrophic serpin, pigment epithelium derived factor in vertebrates.

  PMID 17020603 · PMC1609119 · BMC genomics · 2006 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  A single PEDF gene is present in all examined vertebrate species but is absent from invertebrates (D. melanogaster, C. elegans, C. intestinalis)

  vertebrate cdna pedf complete genomic rt-pcr phylogenetic

• RPS4Y gene family evolution in primates.

  PMID 18477388 · PMC2397393 · BMC evolutionary biology · 2008 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  The duplication event giving rise to RPS4Y2 occurred after the divergence of New World monkeys, about 35 million years ago.

  primate chromosomes rps4x concatenated pcr fluorescence repeat