Sequences of primate insulin genes support the hypothesis of a slower rate of molecular evolution in humans and apes than in monkeys.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040713

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Sequences of primate insulin genes support the hypothesis of a slower rate of molecular evolution in humans and apes than in monkeys.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Mar 1992

Seino S, Bell G I, Li W H

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The chimpanzee and African green monkey insulin genes have been cloned and sequenced. These two sequences together with the previously reported sequences for the human and owl monkey insulin genes provide additional support for the hominoid-rate-slowdown hypothesis, i.e., a slower rate of nucleot...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
Cell Line
Chlorocebus aethiops
DNA
Genetic Variation
Hominidae
Humans
Insulin
Kinetics
Molecular Sequence Data
Pan troglodytes
Primates
Species Specificity

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