Gladstone scientists Kathleen Keough and Katie Pollard (IMAGE)

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Gladstone scientists Kathleen Keough and Katie Pollard

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Researchers from Gladstone Institutes Katie Pollard (right) and Kathleen Keough (left) led a study that found large structural changes to the genomes of our ancestors likely set off a cascade of other rapid changes in human DNA that may underlie uniquely human features, particularly the brain.

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Michael Short/Gladstone Institutes

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