The Scientist : Connecting Connexin 26, Deafness, and Language [21/6/2004]

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by Ricki Lewis

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Connecting Connexin 26, Deafness, and Language

The Scientist 2004, 18(12):34

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21 June 2004

People love to talk, and such chattiness may have catalyzed a divergence from chimpanzees. A clue to how that may have happened lies in deaf populations where sign language has facilitated marriage between individuals with the same type of recessive deafness, an example of assortative mating.

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