Yongdong Xu

This paper analyzes 13,415 SNVs in 33 language/cognition genes across species to identify evolutionary breakpoints and assess gene enrichment, finding language and cognition genes are not separable modules but part of an integrated system.

The paper identifies key mutations in language/cognition genes by analyzing SNV similarity curves across species, finding higher occurrence frequencies and difference scores for cognitive-related genes at inflection points.

The paper examines SNV patterns in cognitive genes across 90 fish species and identifies four polymorphism patterns, one of which links to an ancient human sample.

This study analyzes SNP polymorphism patterns in language and cognition genes across 170 genomes to identify evolutionary stages and potential geographic origins of significant changes.