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What can differences in the arrangements of genes on the chromosomes of humans and chimps tell us about how we became a separate species? Plenty, according to Rieseberg and Livingstone in their Perspective, which discusses an exciting comparative study of human and chimp chromosomes (Barton and Navarro).
The authors are in the Biology Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. E-mail: lriesebe{at}indiana.edu
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In Science Magazine
LETTERS
Evelyn J. Bowers;, Arcadi Navarro, Loren Rieseberg, Kevin Livingstone, and Nick H. Barton (8 August 2003) Science301 (5634), 764.
[DOI: 10.1126/science.301.5634.764] |Full Text »|PDF »
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