FOXP2

Noun

Meaning

FOXP2 (uncountable)

(genetics) regulatory gene and RNA gene responsible for the development of throat structures; in humans, those related to speech.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

fox forkhead box protein

Examples

Cambridge University Press p. 259 Evolutionary psychologists hold that the FOXP2 gene may well be associated with the evolution of human language. Source: Internet

However, the once-popular idea that FOXP2 is a 'grammar gene' or that it triggered the emergence of language in Homo sapiens is now widely discredited. Source: Internet

This gene turned out to be a mutation of the FOXP2 gene. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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