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

Kalafus KJ, Jackson AR, Milosavljevic A. Pash: efficient genome-scale sequence anchoring by Positional Hashing. Genome Res. 2004 ;14(4):672-8.

Eichler EE, Lu F, Shen Y, Antonacci R, Jurecic V, Doggett NA, et al.. Duplication of a gene-rich cluster between 16p11.1 and Xq28: a novel pericentromeric-directed mechanism for paralogous genome evolution. Hum Mol Genet. 1996 ;5(7):899-912.

Livak KJ, Rogers J, Lichter JB. Variability of dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene sequence within and among nonhuman primate species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 ;92(2):427-31.