人类高级认知的分子遗传学：人脸识别的基因

识别脸是少数动物具有的高级脑认知，既属于视觉认知、也属于社会认知。用动物很不好做这方面研究，用人。

发现了参与脸识别的第一个基因。

这是饶毅实验室2007年以来研究人脑高级功能的第7篇论文，今天全文正式发表在《遗传学》2024年六月期（内容简介在文章上网时已有）。

其他6篇分别是研究人的记忆、从众行为、视觉认知等。以前6篇只用过全基因组扫描，没有拿到因果关系的基因。这次用过大家系和多家系分析、全基因组测序，拿到了影响脸识别的因果关系的基因突变。

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