A small number of human lineage mutations regulated RNA-protein binding of conserved genes and promoted human evolution
W. Song, S. Yu, M. Zhao, G. N. Lin
The paper uses deep learning to predict how human lineage mutations affect RNA-protein binding, finding that a small number of mutations in conserved brain-related genes contributed to human evolution.
bioRxiv · Mar 27, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology