Focus on function helps identify the changes that made us human (IMAGE)

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Focus on function helps identify the changes that made us human

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Research from Whitehead Institute Member Jonathan Weissman and colleagues sheds light on human evolution, and demonstrates an approach for identifying significant differences in how genes are used between closely-related species.

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Jennifer Cook-Chrysos/ Whitehead Institute

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