Scientists map hotspots for genetic exchange in chimpanzees
Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at the University of Oxford and the University of Chicago have constructed the world's first genetic map in chimpanzees of recombination the exchange of genetic material within a chromosome that makes us all unique. The study, published today in Science Express, shows surprising differences compared to how the process occurs in the human genome.