DNA sequence variation among humans and apes

Henrik Kaessmann*, Ingo Ebersberger, Victor Wiebe, Rikard Erlandsson, Jim F. Wilson, Carsten Schwarz, Michaela Winkler, Svante Paeaebo

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Abstract

Genetic sequencing was conducted to determine that DNA sequence evolution in the germ line of humans and chimpanzees. The comparison of the orthogonal sequences on the human and chimpanzee sex chromosomes show that the ZFX region display 0.8% substitutional differences between the two species, while the ZFY region display 1.5% differences. However, insertions and deletions show no difference between the two regions. Phylogenetic analyses show the sequences from the different chimpanzee subspecies to be intermixed and the distance between some chimpanzee sequences to be greater than the distance between them and the bonobo sequences.

Original languageEnglish
Pages175
Number of pages1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2000
EventRECOMB 2000: 4th Annual International Conference on Computational Molecular Biology - Tokyo, Jpn
Duration: 8 Apr 200011 Apr 2000

Conference

ConferenceRECOMB 2000: 4th Annual International Conference on Computational Molecular Biology
CityTokyo, Jpn
Period8/04/0011/04/00

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