Silver Lab: A tiny DNA switch may explain why human brains grew so big

Research from Debra Silver and Federica Mosti shows a fast-evolving genetic switch boosts neuron production and a thicker folded cortex
By Shantell Kirkendoll
Debra Silver, PhD, in the lab
Debra Silver, PhD, in the lab. Photo by Eamon Queeney.

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