Alzheimer related genes show accelerated evolution
A. Nitsche, K. Reiche, U. Ueberham, C. Arnold, J. Hackermueller, F. Horn, P. F. Stadler, T. Arendt
The paper shows Alzheimer's disease-associated genes evolve faster than the genome, suggesting recent adaptive evolution in the human brain may influence disease mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Mar 7, 2017Evolutionary Biology