A human transcriptomic deletion links cortical expansion and cancer
Alexander L. Starr, Ana Villalba, Jenna Rever, Yuwei Chen, Florian M. Pauler, Leslie Magtanong, Christopher A. Maxwell, Simon Hippenmeyer, Hunter B. Fraser
The paper identifies a human-specific transcriptomic deletion in HMMR that affects cell division plasticity and links cortical expansion to cancer risk.
bioRxiv · Sep 18, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology