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FOXP2 Targets Show Evidence of Positive Selection in European Populations

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A High Density of Human Communication-Associated Genes in Chromosome 7q31-q36: Differential Expression in Human and Non-Human Primate Cortices

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A Genome-Wide Study of DNA Methylation Patterns and Gene Expression Levels in Multiple Human and Chimpanzee Tissues

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Computational analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation during the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells along the endodermal lineage

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A comparison of RNA-Seq and high-density exon array for detecting differential gene expression between closely related species

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A Pipeline to Determine RT-QPCR Control Genes for Evolutionary Studies: Application to Primate Gene Expression across Multiple Tissues

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High-Resolution Analysis of Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Mouse Brain

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Differences in DNA Methylation Patterns and Expression of the CCRK Gene in Human and Nonhuman Primate Cortices

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Disruption of CNTNAP2 and additional structural genome changes in a boy with speech delay and autism spectrum disorder

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Differences in human and chimpanzee gene expression patterns define an evolving network of transcription factors in brain

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FOXP2 as a molecular window into speech and language

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Linkage, Association, and Gene-Expression Analyses Identify CNTNAP2 as an Autism-Susceptibility Gene

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A Common Genetic Variant in the Neurexin Superfamily Member CNTNAP2 Increases Familial Risk of Autism

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Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis and Resequencing of Contactin Associated Protein-Like 2 in Autism Spectrum Disorders

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A Functional Genetic Link between Distinct Developmental Language Disorders

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The ʻbig bangʼ theory of the origin of psychosis and the faculty of language

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