FOXP2 is the first gene specifically implicated in speech and language, and its sequences are more than 90% conserved between birds and mammals. FOXP2 is regulated developmentally and seasonally ...

Analysis of the family's DNA led to a gene called FOXp2. Humans with a mutation in the FOXp2 gene, who are otherwise normal, have trouble making complex sounds. They can do "ka-ka-ka-ka," but they ...

The discovery that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared the FOXP2 gene, associated with language and speech, further challenges the notion of Neanderthals as primitive and incapable of complex ...

In conclusion, the results suggest that previously defined V1 clades show differences in birthdate, heterogeneity, projections to motoneurons and/or premotor networks, and collectively may represent ...

With fiendish ingenuity, her group infected finches' brains with a special virus, carrying a mirror-image copy of part of the FOXP2 gene, which stifled the gene's natural expression. The result ...

Now it has been cloned, and shown to encode a known transcription factor, FOXP2, a member of a large family of 'winged helix' proteins. The mutation is predicted to inactivate the FOXP2 protein ...

In a group effort, scientists from all over the world came together to create a detailed map of the genetic causes behind ...

That gives us a kind of timeframe for when humans started to use language. The FOXP2 gene is common in all primates but as humans we have a mutant version. Mutations in this gene could help ...

The mechanical and chemical itch was found to be transmitted as distinct modalities along the neuraxis to the PBN, where unique subsets of FoxP2 + neurons employ a common motor program in response ...

The world's largest-ever genetic study of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has uncovered 95 hotspots in the genome that are tied to the condition, including 80 that were previously unknown.