Chimpanzee genome sequenced

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8 October 2008 (UTC)

The Chimpanzee Sequencing and Analysis Consortium, made up of 67 scientists from the United States, Israel, Italy, Germany, and Spain, has released a draft version of its report on the chimpanzee genome in the September 1 edition of the scientific journal Nature. The researchers mapped 94% of the genome. The report centers on comparisons between chimpanzee and human DNA.

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• Chimp Genome--and First Fossils--Unveiled (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=000CFF1A-0D11-1316-8D1183414B7F0000)

• Decoded chimpanzee genome shows striking similarity with human's (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/01/content_3428907.htm)

• Chimp and human DNA is 96% identical (http://news.ft.com/cms/s/43445728-1a44-11da-b279-00000e2511c8.html)

• Chimpanzee genes show what it means to be human (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/01/wchimp01.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/09/01/ixnewstop.html)

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