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Allison M. Momany

University of IowaORCID 0000-0002-5466-7973Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:mixed model· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Research Focus:polygenic risk· 1 Assay:scATAC-seq· 1

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Ancient regulatory evolution shapes individual language abilities in present-day humans

Lucas G. Casten, Tanner Koomar, Taylor Thomas, Jin‐Young Koh, Dabney Hofammann, Savantha Thenuwara, Allison M. Momany, Marlea O’Brien, Jeffrey Clark Murray, J. Bruce Tomblin, Jacob J. Michaelson

Polygenic score variants in HAQERs (Human Ancestor Quickly Evolved Regions, <0.1% of the genome) predict spoken language but not nonverbal IQ; language associations replicate in SPARK, ABCD and UK Biobank.

Science Advances · Apr 22, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology✦ In-depth digest