How specific changes in DNA shape human brain structure
Why do human brains vary in size and shape, and how did our brains expand over evolutionary time to give us our enhanced cognitive abilities? Researchers at the UNC Department of Genetics and the UNC Neuroscience Center have mapped functional "switches" in our DNA that address these fundamental questions.
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