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ey0017.14-7 | (1) | ESPEYB17

14.7. Dosage analysis of the 7q11.23 Williams region identifies BAZ1B as a major human gene patterning the modern human face and underlying self-domestication

M Zanella , A Vitriolo , A Andirko , PT Martins , S Sturm , T O’Rourke , M Laugsch , N Malerba , A Skaros , S Trattaro , PL Germain , M Mihailovic , G Merla , A Rada-Iglesias , C Boeckx , G. Testa

To read the full abstract: Science Advances 2019;5:eaaw7908This paper shows that the craniofacial and cognitive/behavioral phenotypes caused by alterations at the critical gene region for the Williams-Beuren syndrome is caused by changes in the chromatin remodeler BAZ1B in neural crest, and can serve as an entry point into the evolution of the modern human face and pro-sociality.Williams-Beuren syndrome is caused ...