Chimpanzee Genome Project

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About the Project

The BCM-HGSC has sequenced BAC clones from the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes).

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has funded a chimpanzee genome project to take place at the Broad Institute and The Genome Institute at Washington University.

Genomic Resources

Additional Resources

Learn more about the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Related Publications

Rogers J. The behavioral genetics of nonhuman primates: Status and prospects. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2018 ;165 Suppl 65:23-36.

Phillips KA, Bales KL, Capitanio JP, Conley A, Czoty PW, Hart BA 't, et al.. Why primate models matter. Am J Primatol. 2014 ;76(9):801-27.

Mubiru JN, Yang AS, Olsen C, Nayak S, Livi CB, Dick EJ, et al.. Analysis of prostate-specific antigen transcripts in chimpanzees, cynomolgus monkeys, baboons, and African green monkeys. PLoS One. 2014 ;9(4):e94522.

Mubiru JN, Cavazos N, Hemmat P, Garcia-Forey M, Shade RE, Rogers J. Androgen receptor CAG repeat polymorphism in males of six non-human primate species. J Med Primatol. 2012 ;41(1):67-70.

Degenhardt JD, de Candia P, Chabot A, Schwartz S, Henderson L, Ling B, et al.. Copy number variation of CCL3-like genes affects rate of progression to simian-AIDS in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). PLoS Genet. 2009 ;5(1):e1000346.

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Harris RA, Rogers J, Milosavljevic A. Human-specific changes of genome structure detected by genomic triangulation. Science. 2007 ;316(5822):235-7.

Muzny DM, Scherer SE, Kaul R, Wang J, Yu J, Sudbrak R, et al.. The DNA sequence, annotation and analysis of human chromosome 3. Nature. 2006 ;440(7088):1194-8.

Yohn CT, Jiang Z, McGrath SD, Hayden KE, Khaitovich P, Johnson ME, et al.. Lineage-specific expansions of retroviral insertions within the genomes of African great apes but not humans and orangutans. PLoS Biol. 2005 ;3(4):e110.

Horvath JE, Gulden CL, Vallente RU, Eichler MY, Ventura M, McPherson JD, et al.. Punctuated duplication seeding events during the evolution of human chromosome 2p11. Genome Res. 2005 ;15(7):914-27.