Noun
FOXP2 (uncountable)
(genetics) regulatory gene and RNA gene responsible for the development of throat structures; in humans, those related to speech.
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