03.05.12
Chimpanzee Genetic Diversity
Nearby Chimpanzee Populations Show Much Greater Genetic Diversity Than Distant Human Populations
ScienceDaily (Mar. 2, 2012) — Chimpanzee populations living in relatively close proximity are substantially more different genetically than humans living on different continents, according to a study recently published in PLoS Genetics. The study suggests that genomics can provide a valuable new tool for use in chimpanzee conservation, with the potential to identify the population of origin of an individual chimpanzee or the provenance of a sample of bushmeat.
