Microcephaly genes evolved adaptively throughout the evolution of eutherian mammals

Functional divergence of the brain-size regulating gene MCPH1 during primate evolution and the origin of humans

(2013) Lei Shi et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF CETACEAN BRAIN AND BODY SIZE

(2013) Stephen H. Montgomery et al.   EVOLUTION

Parallel episodes of phyletic dwarfism in callitrichid and cheirogaleid primates

(2013) S. H. Montgomery et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Microcephaly genes and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in primate brain size

(2013) S. H. Montgomery et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A Conserved Pattern of Differential Expansion of Cortical Areas in Simian Primates

(2013) T. A. Chaplin et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Genome-wide signatures of convergent evolution in echolocating mammals

(2013) Joe Parker et al.   NATURE

Cerebral organoids model human brain development and microcephaly

(2013) Madeline A. Lancaster et al.   NATURE

The microcephaly protein Asp regulates neuroepithelium morphogenesis by controlling the spatial distribution of myosin II

(2013) Maria A. Rujano et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Comparative analysis of encephalization in mammals reveals relaxed constraints on anthropoid primate and cetacean brain scaling

(2012) A. M. BODDY et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence

(2012) Aylwyn Scally et al.   NATURE

Abundant Occurrence of Basal Radial Glia in the Subventricular Zone of Embryonic Neocortex of a Lissencephalic Primate, the Common Marmoset Callithrix jacchus

(2011) Iva Kelava et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

EVOLUTION OF ASPM  IS ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH INCREASES AND DECREASES IN BRAIN SIZE IN PRIMATES

(2011) Stephen H. Montgomery et al.   EVOLUTION

Trans genomic capture and sequencing of primate exomes reveals new targets of positive selection

(2011) R. D. George et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

An Improved Likelihood Ratio Test for Detecting Site-Specific Functional Divergence among Clades of Protein-Coding Genes

(2011) Cameron J. Weadick et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Sexual Selection Halts the Relaxation of Protamine 2 among Rodents

(2011) Lena Lüke et al.   PLoS One

Maternal investment, life histories, and the costs of brain growth in mammals

(2011) R. A. Barton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification

(2011) R. W. Meredith et al.   SCIENCE

Mutations in Centrosomal Protein CEP152 in Primary Microcephaly Families Linked to MCPH4

(2010) Duane L. Guernsey et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Reconstructing the ups and downs of primate brain evolution: implications for adaptive hypotheses and Homo floresiensis

(2010) Stephen H Montgomery et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Adaptive Evolution of Four Microcephaly Genes and the Evolution of Brain Size in Anthropoid Primates

(2010) S. H. Montgomery et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A Phylogenetic Model for Investigating Correlated Evolution of Substitution Rates and Continuous Phenotypic Characters

(2010) N. Lartillot et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Effect of Insertions, Deletions, and Alignment Errors on the Branch-Site Test of Positive Selection

(2010) W. Fletcher et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Mutations in WDR62, encoding a centrosome-associated protein, cause microcephaly with simplified gyri and abnormal cortical architecture

(2010) Timothy W Yu et al.   NATURE GENETICS

WDR62 is associated with the spindle pole and is mutated in human microcephaly

(2010) Adeline K Nicholas et al.   NATURE GENETICS

OSVZ progenitors of human and ferret neocortex are epithelial-like and expand by integrin signaling

(2010) Simone A Fietz et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Cdk5rap2 Interacts with Pericentrin to Maintain the Neural Progenitor Pool in the Developing Neocortex

(2010) Joshua J. Buchman et al.   NEURON

Mutations in mouse Aspm (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated) cause not only microcephaly but also major defects in the germline

(2010) J. N. Pulvers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Watching the clock: Studying variation in rates of molecular evolution between species

(2010) Robert Lanfear et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Mutations in STIL, Encoding a Pericentriolar and Centrosomal Protein, Cause Primary Microcephaly

(2009) Arun Kumar et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Correlates of substitution rate variation in mammalian protein-coding sequences

(2009) John J Welch et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The PN2-3 Domain of Centrosomal P4.1-associated Protein Implements a Novel Mechanism for Tubulin Sequestration

(2009) Anthony Cormier et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Asymmetric centrosome inheritance maintains neural progenitors in the neocortex

(2009) Xiaoqun Wang et al.   NATURE

Evolution of the neocortex: a perspective from developmental biology

(2009) Pasko Rakic   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Sex-dependent association of common variants of microcephaly genes with brain structure

(2009) L. M. Rimol et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenomic analyses reveal convergent patterns of adaptive evolution in elephant and human ancestries

(2009) M. Goodman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Speciation as an active force in promoting genetic evolution

(2009) Chris Venditti et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Primary microcephaly: do all roads lead to Rome?

(2009) Gemma K. Thornton et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

A common SNP of MCPH1 is associated with cranial volume variation in Chinese population

(2008) Jin-kai Wang et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Positive Selection in ASPM Is Correlated with Cerebral Cortex Evolution across Primates but Not with Whole-Brain Size

(2008) Farhan Ali et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Patterns of Positive Selection in Six Mammalian Genomes

(2008) Carolin Kosiol et al.   PLoS Genetics

CDK5RAP2 Is a Pericentriolar Protein That Functions in Centrosomal Attachment of the γ-Tubulin Ring Complex

(2007) Ka-Wing Fong et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL