| Chimps outdo
people in genetic diversity
The low variation
along a particular stretch of DNA in humans compared with chimps has
implications for how both groups evolved.
References:
Kaessmann, H.,
V. Wiebe, and S. Pääbo. 1999. Extensive nuclear DNA sequence
diversity among chimpanzees. Science 286(Nov. 5):1159.
Further Readings:
Bower, B. 1999.
Chimps employ culture to branch out. Science News 155(June
19):388.
______. 1999. DNA’s evolutionary dilemma. Science
News 155(Feb. 6):88.
Sources:
Henrik Kaessmann
Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Inselstrasse 22
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany
Svante Pääbo
Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Inselstrasse 22
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany
Victor Wiebe
Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Inselstrasse 22
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 19, November 6, 1999, p. 295. Copyright © 1999,
Science Service. |