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Comparative Study

. 2006 Aug;7(8):748-9.

doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400756.

The evolution of genomes and language

PMID: 16880816
PMCID: PMC1525159
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400756

Comparative Study

The evolution of genomes and language

Hong-Yu Zhang. EMBO Rep. 2006 Aug.

. 2006 Aug;7(8):748-9.

doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400756.

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PMID: 16880816
PMCID: PMC1525159
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400756

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Examples of ‘virtual' elements in modern Chinese. The symbol on the left means ‘of' and the symbol on the right conveys a form of past tense (National Council of Language and Writing, 1989).

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Comparing genomes and languages using current knowledge.
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