Divergent Evolutionary Rates of Primate Brain Regions as Revealed by Genomics and Transcriptomics.

In the amygdala (AMY), hippocampus (HIP), neocortex (NCX), and mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus (MD), the evolutionary rate trajectory showed a trend to increase from stage w5 (35 pcw [post-conception weeks] to 0.3 py [post-natal years]) to w6 (0.5 py to 2.5 py) ( Fig. 4A and B ); this stage was also defined as late fetal to early childhood, after which the trajectory flattened out or even declined.

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