Research from Craig Lowe, PhD, assistant professor molecular genetics and microbiology, Debby Silver, PhD, associate professor of molecular genetics and microbiology, Tim Reddy, PhD, associate professor of biostatistics and bioinformatics, and team was featured in an episode of "Eons" on PBS. Their work has identified a group of human DNA sequences that drive changes in brain development, digestion, and immunity that seem to have evolved rapidly after the human line split from that of chimpanzees but before the split with Neanderthals.
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