MOCA Topics

This page lists MOCA Topics. Each topic presents existing data about a particular difference between humans and non-human hominids. Topics are grouped into MOCA Domains. Displaying 1 - 100 of 617 MOCA Topics.

Topic Namesort ascending Topic Authors MOCA Domain Uniqueness
ZNF322 (Zinc finger protein 322) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Likely Difference
Xq21.3 to Yp11.2 Duplication Tim Crow Novel Chromosome Features and Banding Patterns Absolute Difference
Wound Licking Camille Toarmino Behavior
Wound Healing Rate MOCA Author Skin Biology and Disease Likely Difference
World View MOCA Author Culture Absolute Difference
Whole Body Cooling Efficiency Nina Jablonski Organ Physiology Relative Difference
Well-Formedness Criteria Robert Kluender Communication
Von Economo (Spindle) Cells Number and Size Camilla Butti, Patrick Hof Neuroscience Relative Difference
Voluntary Control of Breathing Rachel Zarndt Organ Physiology Likely Difference
Volume of the Sperm Mid Piece Pascal Gagneux Reproductive Biology and Disease Likely Difference
Volume of Temporal Lobe White Matter MOCA Author Neuroscience Absolute Difference
Volume of Menstrual Blood Loss Leela Davies Reproductive Biology and Disease Likely Difference
Volume of Frontal Lobe White Matter Leela Davies Neuroscience Speculative Difference
Vocabulary Size and Structure Robert Kluender Communication
Visual-Manual Communication Robert Kluender, Hope Morgan Communication Absolute Difference
Viral Hepatitis Complications Ajit Varki Medical Disease Likely Difference
Varicose Veins Fawn Stroud Medical Disease Absolute Difference
Varicella Virus Infection Severity Fawn Stroud Medical Disease Absolute Difference
Vaginal Hymen MOCA Author Reproductive Biology and Disease Absolute Difference
Uterine Adenomyosis and Endometriosis Nissi Varki Pathology Relative Difference
Use of Containers Alyssa Crittenden, Margaret Schoeninger Behavior Absolute Difference
Upright Posture Nina Jablonski Anatomy and Biomechanics Absolute Difference
Upper Facial Height Robert Franciscus Anatomy and Biomechanics Absolute Difference
UOX (urate oxidase, pseudogene) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics No Difference
Unnecessary Risk Taking Deepika Patel Behavior Relative Difference
Underground Plant Food Consumption MOCA Author Nutrition Relative Difference
Unconsolable Infant Crying Ronald Barr Development Absolute Difference
Umbilical Cord Length MOCA Author Reproductive Biology and Disease Absolute Difference
Twinning Frequency Kurt Benirschke Reproductive Biology and Disease No Difference
TTR (transthyretin) MOCA Author Genetics Likely Difference
Trophic Level MOCA Author Ecology Relative Difference
Triplet Repeat Expansions James Sikela, Veronica Searles Quick Genomics Relative Difference
Trim5-alpha/APOBEC Control of Retroviral Pathogens Pascal Gagneux Immunology No Difference
Trigger for Onset of Birth MOCA Author Reproductive Biology and Disease Speculative Difference
TRGV10 (T cell receptor gamma variable 10) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics
Travel Between Dissimilar Environments Rachel Zarndt Behavior Absolute Difference
Trade MOCA Author Culture Relative Difference
Torture Landon Klein Behavior Absolute Difference
Tool Manufacture and Use Tetsuro Matsuzawa Cognition Relative Difference
Tool Making MOCA Author Culture Relative Difference
Timing of Decidual Changes in Endometrium MOCA Author Reproductive Biology and Disease Relative Difference
Thyroid Hormone Metabolism MOCA Author Endocrinology Likely Difference
Thumb Opposability MOCA Author Anatomy and Biomechanics Absolute Difference
Thoracic Innervation of the Intercostal Muscles Philip Lieberman Anatomy and Biomechanics Absolute Difference
Theory of Mind Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Corinna Most, Lisa Parr Cognition Relative Difference
The Enamel-Dentine Junction (EDJ) Morphology MOCA Author Dental Biology and Disease
THBS4 (Thrombospondin 4) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Likely Difference
Thalamic Neuron Origins Pasko Rakic Neuroscience
TH (tyrosine hydroxylase) Landon Klein Genetics Relative Difference
Telomere and Subtelomere Changes Veronica Searles Quick, James Sikela Genomics Likely Difference
Teaching Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Lisa Parr Behavior Absolute Difference
TDH (L-threonin dehydrogenase) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Absolute Difference
TDG (Thymine-DNA glycosylase) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Likely Difference
TBC1D3 (TBC domain family, member 3) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Likely Difference
Taste Receptors James Sikela, Veronica Searles Quick Gene Family Expansion and Loss Likely Difference
TAS2R38 (taste receptor, type 2, member 38) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Relative Difference
Tanning Nina Jablonski Skin Biology and Disease Absolute Difference
Tactile Communication Robert Kluender Communication
T-Cell Receptors Veronica Searles Quick, James Sikela Gene Family Expansion and Loss Likely Difference
T Cell Reactivity Ajit Varki Immunology Likely Difference
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Nissi Varki Pathology Speculative Difference
Symbolic Representation of Abstract Concepts Todd Preuss Cognition Relative Difference
Symbolic Representation Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Lisa Parr Cognition Relative Difference
Symbolic Play Linda Marchant Behavior Likely Difference
Symbolic Means of Coping with Envy MOCA Author Culture Absolute Difference
SVA (SINE/VNTR/Alu) Element Expansion John Moran Genomics Speculative Difference
Sustained Running Behavior Vairavan Lakshmanan Organ Physiology Absolute Difference
Supralaryngeal Vocal Tract Philip Lieberman Anatomy and Biomechanics Absolute Difference
Supernumerary Teeth MOCA Author Dental Biology and Disease
Suicide Tim Crow Mental Disease Likely Difference
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome MOCA Author Medical Disease Absolute Difference
Subregions of the Hippocampus Stephen Johnston Neuroscience
Subcutaneous Fat Nina Jablonski Skin Biology and Disease Likely Difference
Striding Bipedalism MOCA Author Anatomy and Biomechanics Absolute Difference
Status and Role Complexity Donald Brown Social Organization Relative Difference
SRGAP2 (SLIT-ROBO Rho GTPase activating protein 2) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Likely Difference
Sphenoid Bone Length MOCA Author Anatomy and Biomechanics Absolute Difference
Sperm Energy Production Pascal Gagneux Reproductive Biology and Disease Speculative Difference
Sperm Count Pascal Gagneux Reproductive Biology and Disease Likely Difference
SPANXC (SPANX family, member C) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Likely Difference
SPANXB (SPANX family, member B) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Likely Difference
SPANX Genes Veronica Searles Quick, James Sikela Gene Family Expansion and Loss Likely Difference
Sound/Sign Patterning (Phonology) Robert Kluender Communication
Somnambulism Kyle Fischer Behavior Absolute Difference
Social Referencing Sanae Okamoto-Barth, Tetsuro Matsuzawa Cognition Relative Difference
Social Importance of Dominance MOCA Author Behavior Relative Difference
Social Group Composition MOCA Author Social Organization Relative Difference
Social Conventions MOCA Author Social Organization Relative Difference
SMN2 (Survival of motor neurone 2) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Likely Difference
SMN1 (Survival of motor neurone 1) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Likely Difference
Smiling Caroline Horton Lew Behavior Likely Difference
Small/Large Intestine Length Ratio MOCA Author Anatomy and Biomechanics Absolute Difference
Sleep Apnea Fawn Stroud Medical Disease Absolute Difference
SLC6A8 (solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, creatine), member 8) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Likely Difference
SLC2A4 (Solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter) member 4) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Likely Difference
SLC2A1 (Solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter) member 1) Majesta O'Bleness, James Sikela Genetics Likely Difference
Skin Pigmentation Variation Nina Jablonski Skin Biology and Disease Relative Difference
Skeletal Robusticity MOCA Author Anatomy and Biomechanics Absolute Difference
Skeletal Muscle Strength Nina Jablonski Anatomy and Biomechanics Relative Difference
Size of Sensory Thalamic Nuclei Ben Cipollini Neuroscience Relative Difference

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