Genetic mutations that boost individual's adaptability have greater chances of getting through to X chromosomes
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 11:03
in Biology & Nature
One of the most important questions for evolution researchers is how a species develops and adapts during the course of time. An analysis of the genes of twelve chimpanzees has now demonstrated that the chimpanzee X chromosome plays a very special role in the animal's development. The analysis was carried out by researchers at the Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, the Section of Bioinformatics, University of Copenhagen, the Copenhagen Zoo and the sequencing centre at the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), China. The results have been published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.