Figure Illustrating the Relative Age of Genetic Changes Between Human and Chimp Genomes (IMAGE)

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Figure Illustrating the Relative Age of Genetic Changes Between Human and Chimp Genomes

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The relative age of genetic changes between the human and chimp genomes varies over a period of ~ 4 million years, depending on where in the genome you look. This figure illustrates this concept (note - these are not actual data points). For example, Gene A first diverged millions of years before Gene B. Of particular note is the X chromosome, which falls almost entirely in the time just before final speciation.

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Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

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