Language-related gene responsible for branching of neurons

(Medical Xpress) -- Which genetic mutations enabled the evolution of language? The foxp2 gene plays an important role in language development. Simon E. Fisher at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands, and Sonja C. Vernes at Oxford University have discovered that this gene plays an important role in the branching of neurons in the brain during embryonic development.

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