An Engrailed1 enhancer underlies human thermoregulatory evolution
D. Aldea, Y. Atsuta, B. Kokalari, S. Schaffner, B. Warder, Y. G. Kamberov
The paper identifies a human-specific enhancer of the EN1 gene that increases eccrine sweat gland density, linking it to human thermoregulatory evolution.
bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology