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  • noun genetics, biochemistry A protein and associated gene responsible for microcephaly

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  • In previous research, Dr. Lahn and associates discovered that a gene for brain size called microcephalin underwent a significant change 37,000 years ago.

    Neanderthals in the Gene Pool 2006

  • In previous research, Dr. Lahn and associates discovered that a gene for brain size called microcephalin underwent a significant change 37,000 years ago.

    Archive 2006-11-01 2006

  • The Chicago researchers began their study with two genes, known as microcephalin and ASPM, that came to light because they are disabled in a disease called microcephaly.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Zoe Brain 2005

  • The research, led by Bruce T. Lahn of the University of Chicago, focused on two genes called microcephalin and ASPM.

    The Brain is Still Evolving | Impact Lab 2005

  • The Chicago researchers began their study with two genes, known as microcephalin and ASPM, that came to light because they are disabled in a disease called microcephaly.

    Archive 2005-09-04 Steve Sailer 2005

  • The Chicago researchers began their study with two genes, known as microcephalin and ASPM, that came to light because they are disabled in a disease called microcephaly.

    Brain May Still Be Evolving Zoe Brain 2005

  • The Chicago researchers began their study with two genes, known as microcephalin and ASPM, that came to light because they are disabled in a disease called microcephaly.

    Bruce T. Lahn's new brain genes Steve Sailer 2005

  • If someone studied the ability of, say, the human microcephalin gene to generate resistance to penicillin in S. aureus, and found that it never did even when extensively mutagenized, only a fool would conclude that this means that S. aureus is incapable of developing resistance to penicillin.

    Behe's Test, Take 2 2008

  • The second thing: while the much-debated origin of the recently derived and massively selected-for brain gene microcephalin can still be debated, you can no longer argue that this brain gene derived from Neanderthals.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Kosmo 2008

  • The second thing: while the much-debated origin of the recently derived and massively selected-for brain gene microcephalin can still be debated, you can no longer argue that this brain gene derived from Neanderthals.

    Neanderthal DNA Kosmo 2008

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