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Scientists discover how mutations in a language gene produce speech deficits
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Scientists discover how mutations in a language gene produce speech deficits

by Anne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology A new study shows that when the gene Foxp2 is knocked out in mouse striatal neurons (top right panel), the protein dynactin (stained red) and the chain that binds dynactin and dynein (stained green) show abnormal spacing compared to wildtype neurons (top left panel). This suggests that the functions...