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(Excerpted from New York Times, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005)

Man, Chimp Separated by Dab of DNA

A new comparison of genetic blueprints shows that just a handful of mutations account for the vast differences between the species




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Click headline below to view news story as originally posted on an external Web site.

•   In Chimpanzee DNA, Signs of Y Chromosome's Evolution

A new comparison of genetic blueprints shows that just a handful of mutations account for the vast differences between the species

New York Times, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005
Byline: Nicholas Wade

•   Man, Chimp Separated by Dab of DNA

A new comparison of genetic blueprints shows that just a handful of mutations account for the vast differences between the species

Los Angeles Times, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005
Byline: Karen Kaplan, Times Staff Writer

•   Washington U. had major role in chimp genome sequencing

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005
Byline: Eric Hand of the Post-Dispatch


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westerhousej@wustl.edu

(314) 286-0120
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006


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