Sentences with phrase «human and ape genomes»
By 2008, almost two dozen computerized comparisons of human and ape genomes had come up with hundreds of pieces of DNA that might be important.
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Much of the work will therefore demand comparative analyses of the genomes and phenotypes of large numbers of humans and apes.
Additional support could come from the chimpanzee genome, which may allow researchers to clock when the genes for slow - twitch muscle fibers — crucial for running long distances and plentiful in people but not chimps — diverged in the common evolutionary history of humans and apes.
Sudmant, a UW graduate student in genome sciences, said, «Gathering this data is critical to understanding differences between great ape species, and separating aspects of the genetic code that distinguish humans from other primates.»
Duplication and deletion of DNA segments have re-structured the genomes of humans and great apes, and are behind many genetic diseases.
Moreover, with all the great ape genomes to compare, researchers are better able to assess when gorillas, chimps, and humans evolved — a matter of current debate.
I'd like to see a re-doing of all the great ape genomes, including chimpanzee and orangutan, to get a comprehensive view of the genetic variants that distinguish humans from the great apes.
«My motivation in studying human and great ape genomes,» Eichler said, «is to try to learn what makes us tick as a species.
An ape's genome shows unexpected connections to that of humans and helps reveal our evolutionary history
Comparisons with the genome data of humans and our closest relatives, the great apes, show that while we all genetically have the same ancestors, the genetic information of the gibbons has changed more rapidly and stronger in the course of the evolutionary process.
This «chromosomal disorder» is a key feature of the gibbon genome and has probably occurred after their secession from the ancestral line of the apes and humans.
In their genome analysis, the researchers discovered that the genetic information of the gibbons differs in their entirety from that of humans and of apes.