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

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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 nucleotide substitution in humans and apes than in monkeys. When these sequences and other primate sequences available for the...

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