The two Univerity of Washington studies, «Great ape genetic diversity and population history,» published in Nature, and «Evolution and
diversity of copy number variation in the great ape lineage,» published in Genome Research, are funded by NIH grant HG002385 and support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — There's more variety to DNA than you might think: Deletions or additions
of genetic material between individuals, called
copy number variations (CNVs), are a common source
of genetic
diversity.