A More Accurate Understanding of the Gorilla Genome (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

A More Accurate Understanding of the Gorilla Genome (1 of 2)

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Susie, a female Western lowland gorilla, was used as the reference sample for full-genome sequencing and assembly. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 1, 2016, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by D. Gordon at University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Wash., and colleagues was titled, "Long-read sequence assembly of the gorilla genome."

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Courtesy of Lincoln Park Zoo

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