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Furthermore, insight into the mechanism(s) underlying primate chromosomal evolution can be obtained from the molecular characterization of species-specific rearrangement breakpoints.
Scientists found evidence of a previously unknown ancient primate.
Depicting four stages in primate evolution, the cover portrays drawings of a orangutan, a chimpanzee, a gorilla, and a generic-looking human male--who according to the image's archival history turns out to be African.
Three groups have since reported that both these genes have been under selective pressure during primate evolution.
Several mechanisms of genetic change are thought to lead to speciation, including gene evolution via coding sequence mutation, gene expression variation by regulatory element mutation and chromosomal rearrangement - which has the potential to create reproductive barriers and induce genetic isolation within an existing population [ 6 ] . Although a thorough determination of all genetic differences between humans and our closest non-human primate relatives will not be possible until the genomic sequences of great ape species have been determined, many of the chromosomal rearrangements between great apes have been previously characterized at the cytogenetic level.