Genome and gene alterations by insertions and deletions in the evolution of human and chimpanzee chromosome 22

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Understanding structure and function of human genome requires knowledge of genomes of our closest living relatives, the primates. Nucleotide insertions and deletions (indels) play a significant role in differentiation that underlies...

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Main Authors: Volfovsky Natalia, Oleksyk Taras K, Cruz Kristine C, Truelove Ann L, Stephens Robert M, Smith Michael W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/51