evolutionary divergent human protein

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Genetics

  • proteins derived from genes that have diverged from those of other primates since the origins of Homo sapiens.
  • these proteins, relatively few in number, perhaps a hundred or so, may play a role in the differential longevity & intelligence of humans compared with other primates.

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  1. Fortna A, Kim Y, MacLaren E, Marshall K, Hahn G, Meltesen L, Brenton M, Hink R, Burgers S, Hernandez-Boussard T, Karimpour- Fard A, Glueck D, McGavran L, Berry R, Pollack J, Sikela JM. Lineage-specific gene duplication and loss in human and great ape evolution. PLoS Biol. 2004 Jul;2(7):E207. Epub 2004 Jul 13. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15252450