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Genevieve Konopka

Associate professor, University of Texas Southwestern

Genevieve Konopka is associate professor of neuroscience at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas.

April 2014

What the FOX says: Genes that bridge autism, language

by ,  /  29 April 2014

To understand the role of FOXP2, a gene that links autism and language, researchers should look at its partner genes and at language models such as songbirds, say Genevieve Konopka and Todd Roberts.  

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