evolutionary divergent human gene

Genetics

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

More general terms

• gene

More specific terms

• AQP7 (aquaporin 7) gene
• ARHGEF5 (rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 5) gene (transforming immortalized mammary oncogene, TIM)
• chrfam7a gene
• CHRNA7 (nicotinic receptor alpha-7) gene
• neuronal apoptosis inhibitory (NAIP) gene
• PAK2 (p21-associated kinase 2) gene
• ROCK1 (rho-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase) gene
• SLC6A13 (Na+/Cl- dependent GABA transporter 2 ) gene
• SRGAP2 (SLIT-ROBO Rho GTPase activating protein 2) gene
• USP10 (ubiquitin-specific protease-10) gene
• USP14 (ubiquitin-specific protease-14) gene

Additional terms

• evolutionary divergent human protein
• human longevity gene