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Evolución molecular de FOXP2, un gen involucrado en el habla y el lenguaje
Wolfgang Enard1, Molly Przeworski, Simon E Fisher
1Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Inselstrasse 22, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Nature
|August 23, 2002
Resumen
El gen FOXP2 es crucial para el desarrollo del lenguaje humano. Las investigaciones muestran cambios específicos en el FOXP2 humano, lo que sugiere que fue seleccionado durante la evolución humana, impactando en las habilidades del habla y el lenguaje.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología evolutiva Biología evolutiva.
- Genética La genética.
- La lingüística es la lingüística de las lenguas.
Sus antecedentes:
- El lenguaje es un rasgo humano único esencial para la cultura.
- El habla articulada requiere un control motor fino de la laringe y la boca, ausente en los simios.
- El gen FOXP2 es el primer gen identificado vinculado a la capacidad del lenguaje humano.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el papel del gen FOXP2 en el desarrollo del lenguaje humano.
- Para comparar el gen FOXP2 entre especies y analizar la variación genética humana.
- Para determinar si FOXP2 ha sufrido una selección reciente en la evolución humana.
Principales métodos:
- Secuenciación de ADN complementarios que codifican la proteína FOXP2 en humanos, chimpancés, gorilas, orangutanes, macacos rhesus y ratones.
- Comparando el cDNA FOXP2 humano con el de otras especies.
- Investigando la variación intraspecífica dentro del gen humano FOXP2.
Principales resultados:
- Una mutación puntual en FOXP2 se asocia con severas alteraciones de la articulación y el lenguaje.
- Dos copias funcionales de FOXP2 parecen necesarias para la adquisición normal del lenguaje hablado.
- El FOXP2 humano exhibe cambios en los aminoácidos y polimorfismos de nucleótidos que indican una selección positiva reciente.
Conclusiones:
- El gen FOXP2 juega un papel crítico en la evolución del habla y el lenguaje humanos.
- La evidencia sugiere que FOXP2 ha estado bajo presión de selección durante la evolución humana reciente.
- Los factores genéticos, como FOXP2, son fundamentales para el desarrollo de las capacidades lingüísticas humanas.
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