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The role of DNA insertions in phenotypic differentiation between humans and other primates.
Genome biology and evolution - 28 Jan 2015
Hellen Elizabeth H B, Kern Andrew D
Abstract excerpt
What makes us human is one of the most interesting and enduring questions in evolutionary biology. To assist in answering this question, we have identified insertions in the human genome which cannot be found in five comparison primate species: Chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, gibbon, and macaque. A total of 21,269 nonpolymorphic human-specific insertions were identified, of which only 372 were found in exons. Any...
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