Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
Neuron. 2020 Mar 4;105(5):761-763. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.02.007.
Which elements of the genome endow human brains with the capacity for heightened cognitive abilities? In this issue of Neuron, Namba et al. (2020) find that ARHGAP11B, a human-specific gene, augments cerebral cortex expansion by regulating metabolic pathways in mitochondria.
哪些基因组元素赋予了人类大脑更高的认知能力?在本期《神经元》杂志上,Namba 等人(2020 年)发现,人类特异性基因 ARHGAP11B 通过调节线粒体中的代谢途径,增强大脑皮层的扩张。