Evolution of genetic and genomic features unique to the human lineage

A draft sequence of the Neandertal genome

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Initial sequence of the chimpanzee genome and comparison with the human genome

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Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia

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A high-coverage genome sequence from an archaic denisovan individual

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Repetitive DNA and next-generation sequencing: computational challenges and solutions

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Endurance running and the evolution of Homo

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Missing heritability and strategies for finding the underlying causes of complex disease

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The impact of retrotransposons on human genome evolution

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Genome structural variation discovery and genotyping

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Molecular evolution of FOXP2, a gene involved in speech and language

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Why primate models matter

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Human-Specific NOTCH2NL Genes Affect Notch Signaling and Cortical Neurogenesis

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Enhancers: five essential questions

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Cortical Evolution: Judge the Brain by Its Cover

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Evolution of the Human Nervous System Function, Structure, and Development

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Human-Specific NOTCH2NL Genes Expand Cortical Neurogenesis through Delta/Notch Regulation

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Spatiotemporal transcriptomic divergence across human and macaque brain development

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Comparative primate genomics: emerging patterns of genome content and dynamics

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The influence of evolutionary history on human health and disease

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Dynamics of DNA Methylation in Recent Human and Great Ape Evolution

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The hominoid-specific gene TBC1D3 promotes generation of basal neural progenitors and induces cortical folding in mice

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Brain Plasticity and Human Evolution

Sherwood, C. C., & Gómez-Robles, A. (2017) · Annual Review of Anthropology · doi:10.1146/annurev-anthro-102215-100009 · Cited by 170

Single-cell-resolution transcriptome map of human, chimpanzee, bonobo, and macaque brains

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The evolution and population diversity of human-specific segmental duplications

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Genetic Changes Shaping the Human Brain

Bae, B.-I., Jayaraman, D., & Walsh, C. A. (2015) · Developmental Cell · doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2015.01.035 · Cited by 135

Epigenomic annotation of gene regulatory alterations during evolution of the primate brain

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Network-based microsynteny analysis identifies major differences and genomic outliers in mammalian and angiosperm genomes

Zhao, T., & Schranz, M. E. (2019) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1801757116 · Cited by 120

A catalog of single nucleotide changes distinguishing modern humans from archaic hominins

Kuhlwilm, M., & Boeckx, C. (2019) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-019-44877-x · Cited by 108

Comprehensive identification and analysis of human accelerated regulatory DNAPreprint

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NCYM, a Cis-Antisense Gene of MYCN, Encodes a De Novo Evolved Protein That Inhibits GSK3β Resulting in the Stabilization of MYCN in Human Neuroblastomas

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Human Accelerated Regions and Other Human-Specific Sequence Variations in the Context of Evolution and Their Relevance for Brain Development

Levchenko, А., Kanapin, A. A., Samsonova, A. A., & Gainetdinov, R. R. (2017) · Genome Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/gbe/evx240 · Cited by 107

Human evolution: the non-coding revolution

Franchini, L. F., & Pollard, K. S. (2017) · BMC Biology · doi:10.1186/s12915-017-0428-9 · Cited by 90

Primate genome architecture influences structural variation mechanisms and functional consequences

Gökçümen, Ö., Tischler, V., Tica, J., Zhu, Q., Iskow, R. C., Lee, E., Fritz, M. H.-Y., Langdon, A. E., Stütz, A. M., Pavlidis, P., et al. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1305904110 · Cited by 81

Biochemical, Cellular, Physiological, and Pathological Consequences of Human Loss of N‐Glycolylneuraminic Acid

Okerblom, J., & Varki, A. P. (2017) · ChemBioChem · doi:10.1002/cbic.201700077 · Cited by 84

Humanized Mouse Models for the Preclinical Assessment of Cancer Immunotherapy

Wege, A. K. (2018) · BioDrugs · doi:10.1007/s40259-018-0275-4 · Cited by 81

Evolution of Gene Regulation in Humans

Reilly, S. K., & Noonan, J. P. (2016) · Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics · doi:10.1146/annurev-genom-090314-045935 · Cited by 66

The nutritional role of free sialic acid, a human milk monosaccharide, and its application as a functional food ingredient

Röhrig, C. H., Choi, S. S. H., & Baldwin, N. J. (2015) · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition · doi:10.1080/10408398.2015.1040113 · Cited by 72

Evolution and human sexuality

Gray, P. B. (2013) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.22394 · Cited by 70

Genes, development, and evolvability in primate evolution

Rolian, C. (2014) · Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews · doi:10.1002/evan.21409 · Cited by 63

Ancient pathogen genomics: insights into timing and adaptation

Harkins, K. M., & Stone, A. C. (2014) · Journal of Human Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.11.002 · Cited by 61

New genes contribute to genetic and phenotypic novelties in human evolution

Zhang, Y. E., & Long, M. (2014) · Current Opinion in Genetics & Development · doi:10.1016/j.gde.2014.08.013 · Cited by 62

Potential role of human-specific genes, human-specific microRNAs and human-specific non-coding regulatory RNAs in the pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis and Sjögren's Syndrome

Jiménez, S. A., & Piera-Velázquez, S. (2013) · Autoimmunity Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2013.04.004 · Cited by 61

Genome-wide analysis of pseudogenes reveals HBBP1’s human-specific essentiality in erythropoiesis and implication in β-thalassemia

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Genetic and developmental basis for parallel evolution and its significance for hominoid evolution

Reno, P. L. (2014) · Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews · doi:10.1002/evan.21417 · Cited by 53

The birth of a human-specific neural gene by incomplete duplication and gene fusion

Dougherty, M. L., Nuttle, X., Penn, O., Nelson, B. J., Huddleston, J., Baker, C. A., Harshman, L., Duyzend, M., Ventura, M., Antonacci, F., et al. (2017) · Genome biology · doi:10.1186/s13059-017-1163-9 · Cited by 51

DUF1220 Dosage Is Linearly Associated with Increasing Severity of the Three Primary Symptoms of Autism

Davis, J. M., Searles, V. B., Anderson, N., Keeney, J., Dumas, L., & Sikela, J. M. (2014) · PLoS Genetics · doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004241 · Cited by 51

Paired involvement of human-specific Olduvai domains and NOTCH2NL genes in human brain evolution

Fiddes, I. T., Pollen, A. A., Davis, J. M., & Sikela, J. M. (2019) · Human Genetics · doi:10.1007/s00439-019-02018-4 · Cited by 48

Synthesis of 53 tissue and cell line expression QTL datasets reveals master eQTLs

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Integrated analysis of the complete sequence of a macaque genome

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TBC1D3 promotes neural progenitor proliferation by suppressing the histone methyltransferase G9a

Hou, Q.-Q., Xiao, Q., Sun, X.-Y., Ju, X.-C., & Luo, Z. (2021) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.aba8053 · Cited by 41

How objectivity undermines the study of personhood: Toward an intersubjective epistemology for psychological science

Mascolo, M. F. (2016) · New Ideas in Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.newideapsych.2016.11.005 · Cited by 44

A reference catalog of DNA palindromes in the human genome and their variations in 1000 Genomes

Ganapathiraju, M. K., Subramanian, S., Chaparala, S., & Karunakaran, K. B. (2020) · Human Genome Variation · doi:10.1038/s41439-020-00127-5 · Cited by 40

The case for DUF1220 domain dosage as a primary contributor to anthropoid brain expansion

Keeney, J., Dumas, L., & Sikela, J. M. (2014) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00427 · Cited by 38

Derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells from orangutan skin fibroblasts

Ramaswamy, K. A., Yik, W. Y., Wang, X., Oliphant, E. N., Lu, W., Shibata, D. K., Ryder, O. A., & Hacia, J. G. (2015) · BMC Research Notes · doi:10.1186/s13104-015-1567-0 · Cited by 40

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Dysfunction in Addiction and in Some Neurodegenerative and Neuropsychiatric Diseases

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Uncovering adaptive evolution in the human lineage

Gayà‐Vidal, M., & Albà, M. M. (2014) · BMC Genomics · doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-599 · Cited by 37

The Human-Restricted Isoform of the α7 nAChR, CHRFAM7A: A Double-Edged Sword in Neurological and Inflammatory Disorders

Lascio, S. D., Fornasari, D., & Benfante, R. (2022) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms23073463 · Cited by 35

A Systematic Review of the Human Accelerated Regions in Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: Where the Evolutionary and Neurodevelopmental Hypotheses Converge

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Genomic approaches to studying human-specific developmental traits

Franchini, L. F., & Pollard, K. S. (2015) · Development · doi:10.1242/dev.120048 · Cited by 29

Human-specific epigenetic variation in the immunological Leukotriene B4 Receptor (LTB4R/BLT1) implicated in common inflammatory diseases

Wilson, G. A., Butcher, L. M., Foster, H. R., Feber, A., Roos, C., Walter, L., Woszczek, G., Beck, S., & Bell, C. G. (2014) · Genome Medicine · doi:10.1186/gm536 · Cited by 27

The behavioral genetics of nonhuman primates: Status and prospects

Rogers, J. (2018) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.23384 · Cited by 28

The relationship between regulatory changes in cis and trans and the evolution of gene expression in humans and chimpanzees

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The evolution of the human genome

Simonti, C., & Capra, J. A. (2015) · Current Opinion in Genetics & Development · doi:10.1016/j.gde.2015.08.005 · Cited by 24

Replicated linear association between DUF1220 copy number and severity of social impairment in autism

Davis, J. M., Quick, V. B. S., & Sikela, J. M. (2015) · Human Genetics · doi:10.1007/s00439-015-1537-6 · Cited by 25

Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Cortical Evolution in Mammals

Franchini, L. F. (2021) · Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology · doi:10.3389/fcell.2021.591017 · Cited by 32

Genomic structural variation: A complex but important driver of human evolution

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The mammalian complement system as an epitome of host–pathogen genetic conflicts

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Can a few non‐coding mutations make a human brain?

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Structured RNAs and synteny regions in the pig genome

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Narrowing the Genetic Causes of Language Dysfunction in the 1q21.1 Microduplication Syndrome

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Human-lineage-specific genomic elements are associated with neurodegenerative disease and APOE transcript usage

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Dynamic chromatin architecture of the porcine adipose tissues with weight gain and loss

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Applied & translational genomics

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Superoxide dismutase 1 is positively selected to minimize protein aggregation in great apes

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Multiple Genomic Events Altering Hominin SIGLEC Biology and Innate Immunity Predated the Common Ancestor of Humans and Archaic Hominins

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Single-cell-resolution transcriptome map of human, chimpanzee, bonobo, and macaque brainsPreprint

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Disease consequences of human adaptation

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Identification of Structural Variation in Chimpanzees Using Optical Mapping and Nanopore Sequencing

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Extended gene set analysis of human neuro-psychiatric traits shows enrichment in brain-expressed human accelerated regions across development

Cheung, J. P., Tubbs, J. D., & Sham, P. C. (2022) · Schizophrenia Research · doi:10.1016/j.schres.2022.06.023 · Cited by 18

High resolution measurement of DUF1220 domain copy number from whole genome sequence data

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Mouse models of human evolution

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Injury, inflammation and the emergence of human‐specific genes

Baird, A., Costantini, T. W., Coimbra, R. S. M., & Eliceiri, B. P. (2016) · Wound Repair and Regeneration · doi:10.1111/wrr.12422 · Cited by 16

Evo‐Devo Sheds Light on Mechanisms of Human Evolution

Reno, P. L. (2015) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9781118524756.ch5 · Cited by 16

Mice engrafted with human hematopoietic stem cells support a human myeloid cell inflammatory response in vivo

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The Role of Human-Specific Gene Duplications During Brain Development and Evolution

Sassa, T. (2013) · Journal of Neurogenetics · doi:10.3109/01677063.2013.789512 · Cited by 15

Human gephyrin is encompassed within giant functional noncoding yin–yang sequences

Climer, S., Templeton, A. R., & Zhang, W. (2015) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/ncomms7534 · Cited by 14

Recent Advances in Primate Phylogenomics

Pecon‐Slattery, J. (2014) · Annual Review of Animal Biosciences · doi:10.1146/annurev-animal-022513-114217 · Cited by 15

Humans and Chimpanzees Display Opposite Patterns of Diversity in Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase Genes

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A dyad of human-specific NBPF14 and NOTCH2NLB orchestrates cortical progenitor abundance crucial for human neocortex expansion

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Conditional entropy in variation-adjusted windows detects selection signatures associated with expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs)

Handelman, S. K., Seweryn, M. T., Smith, R. M., Hartmann, K., Wang, D., Pietrzak, M., Johnson, A. D., Kloczkowski, A., & Sadée, W. (2015) · BMC Genomics · doi:10.1186/1471-2164-16-s8-s8 · Cited by 12

Modeling Normal and Disordered Human Hematopoiesis

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Changes in Raw Material Selection and Use at 400,000 Years bp : A Novel, Symbolic Relationship between Humans and Their World. Discussing Technological, Social and Cognitive Arguments

Romagnoli, F. (2021) · Cambridge Archaeological Journal · doi:10.1017/s0959774320000384 · Cited by 13

De novo emergence and potential function of human-specific tandem repeats in brain-related loci

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Development of a Novel Vaccine Candidates against Cardiobacterium valvarum through Reverse Vaccinology and Computational Approaches

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Transgenic Mice Carrying GLUD2 as a Tool for Studying the Expressional and the Functional Adaptation of this Positive Selected Gene in Human Brain Evolution

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Endless paces of degeneration—applying comparative genomics to study evolution's moulding of longevity

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Sense and Nonsense

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Decoding the Molecular Evolution of Human Cognition Using Comparative Genomics

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Lineage-Specific Changes in Biomarkers in Great Apes and Humans

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