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Fact check: New "complete" chimp genome shows 14.9 percent difference from human genome
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Fact check: New "complete" chimp genome shows 14.9 percent difference from human genome
A groundbreaking paper in Nature reports the "Complete sequencing of ape genomes," including the genomes for chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, Bornean orangutans, Sumatran orangutans, and siamangs. I noted this in an article here yesterday, reporting that an evolutionary icon — the famous "1 percent difference" between the human and chimp genomes, touted across the breadth of popular and other scientific writing and teaching — has fallen. The rese…
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