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Analysis of rhesus monkey genome uncovers genetic differences with humans, chimps

04-12-2007 · EurekAlert!

An international consortium of researchers has published the genome sequence of the rhesus macaque monkey and aligned it with the chimpanzee and human genomes. Published April 13 in a special section of the journal Science, the analysis reveals that the three primate species share about 93 percent of their DNA, yet have some significant differences among their genes.

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