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Great Ape Genomics

Author(s) -

Jeffrey D. Wall

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

ilar journal

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.129

H-Index - 75

eISSN - 1930-6180

pISSN - 1084-2020

DOI - 10.1093/ilar/ilt048

Subject(s) - realm , hominidae , evolutionary biology , biology , genomics , humanity , genetic data , biological evolution , genome , zoology , geography , genetics , sociology , gene , population , demography , archaeology , philosophy , theology

The great ape families are the species most closely related to our own, comprising chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. They live exclusively in tropical rainforests in Central Africa and the islands of Southeast Asia. Due to their close evolutionary relationship with humans, great apes share many cognitive, physiological, and morphological similarities with humans. The members of the great ape family make obvious models to facilitate the further understanding about humans' biology and history. This review will discuss how the recent addition of genome-wide data from great apes has furthered humans' understanding of these species and humanity, especially in the realm of evolutionary genetics.

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