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Evolutionary and biomedical insights from the rhesus macaque genome.
Rhesus Macaque Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium, Gibbs RA, Rogers J, Katze MG, Bumgarner R, Weinstock GM, Mardis ER, Remington KA, Strausberg RL, Venter JC, Wilson RK, Batzer MA, Bustamante CD, Eichler EE, Hahn MW, Hardison RC, Makova KD, Miller W, Milosavljevic A, Palermo RE, Siepel A, Sikela JM, Attaway T, Bell S, Bernard KE, Buhay CJ, Chandrabose MN, Dao M, Davis C, Delehaunty KD, Ding Y, Dinh HH, Dugan-Rocha S, Fulton LA, Gabisi RA, Garner TT, Godfrey J, Hawes AC, Hernandez J, Hines S, Holder M, Hume J, Jhangiani SN, Joshi V, Khan ZM, Kirkness EF, Cree A, Fowler RG, Lee S, Lewis LR, Li Z, Liu YS, Moore SM, Muzny D, Nazareth LV, Ngo DN, Okwuonu GO, Pai G, Parker D, Paul HA, Pfannkoch C, Pohl CS, Rogers YH, Ruiz SJ, Sabo A, Santibanez J, Schneider BW, Smith SM, Sodergren E, Svatek AF, Utterback TR, Vattathil S, Warren W, White CS, Chinwalla AT, Feng Y, Halpern AL, Hillier LW, Huang X, Minx P, Nelson JO, Pepin KH, Qin X, Sutton GG, Venter E, Walenz BP, Wallis JW, Worley KC, Yang SP, Jones SM, Marra MA, Rocchi M, Schein JE, Baertsch R, Clarke L, Csürös M, Glasscock J, Harris RA, Havlak P, Jackson AR, Jiang H, Liu Y, Messina DN, Shen Y, Song HX, Wylie T, Zhang L, Birney E, Han K, Konkel MK, Lee J, Smit AF, Ullmer B, Wang H, Xing J, Burhans R, Cheng Z, Karro JE, Ma J, Raney B, She X, Cox MJ, Demuth JP, Dumas LJ, Han SG, Hopkins J, Karimpour-Fard A, Kim YH, Pollack JR, Vinar T, Addo-Quaye C, Degenhardt J, Denby A, Hubisz MJ, Indap A, Kosiol C, Lahn BT, Lawson HA, Marklein A, Nielsen R, Vallender EJ, Clark AG, Ferguson B, Hernandez RD, Hirani K, Kehrer-Sawatzki H, Kolb J, Patil S, Pu LL, Ren Y, Smith DG, Wheeler DA, Schenck I, Ball EV, Chen R, Cooper DN, Giardine B, Hsu F, Kent WJ, Lesk A, Nelson DL, O'brien WE, Prüfer K, Stenson PD, Wallace JC, Ke H, Liu XM, Wang P, Xiang AP, Yang F, Barber GP, Haussler D, Karolchik D, Kern AD, Kuhn RM, Smith KE, Zwieg AS
Science 2007 Apr 13 316(5822):222-34 [abstract on PubMed] [citations on Google Scholar] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Victoria Prince / Andrew S. McCallion
First evaluation 18 May 2007 | Latest evaluation 19 Jul 2007
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Victoria Prince
University of Chicago, United States of America
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

New Finding
This article underlines the strength of the comparative genomics approach by revealing how the rhesus macaque genome sequence enhances our understanding of primate evolution. Of particular interest, this study reveals the richness of genomic changes such as rearrangements, duplications and gene-specific expansions during human, chimpanzee and macaque evolution. For example, the PRAME (preferentially expressed antigen of melanoma) gene family shows a highly variable pattern of gene duplication and expansion, with extensive duplication characterizing recent human evolution. As well as providing new information that allows us to better understand the nature of the macaque, this study and others like it are allowing us to better understand the genetic basis of being human.



Competing interests: None declared
Evaluated 19 Jul 2007
Andrew S. McCallion
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, United States of America
GENOMICS & GENETICS

Tech Advance
This paper, by providing details of and analysing the genome of the rhesus macaque, sets another important milestone in the genesis of a 21st century genomic tool box. The progressive expansion in the number of sequenced vertebrate genomes increases our power to discern patterns of evolution and identify sequences under purifying and adaptive selection.



Competing interests: None declared
Evaluated 18 May 2007
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