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Gene map of Chimpanzee published
( 2003-12-12 10:09) (Xinhua)

US scientists have completed  the first gene map of the chimpanzee, our closest relative, and  placed the information into a free online database, the Los  Angeles Times reported Thursday.

 The sequencing was conducted by scientists at Washington  University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of  Technology, with funding from the US government.

The map, covering an estimated 88 percent to 90 percent of the  chimpanzee genome's gene-coding regions, has been carefully  aligned with the human genome on the Web site, ncbi.nih.gov/ Genbank.

 "We want to let the scientific community know that the sequence is available and they can have access to it," said Richard K.  Wilson, director of the genome sequencing center at Washington  University.

An international team of scientists is comparing the genome  with that of human and is scheduled to publish its findings within several months. They hope to find clues to what makes the two  species so similar yet so strikingly different.

Sequencing the chimp genome was ranked a high priority by the  US government's National Human Genome Research Institute. The  information is expected to provide new approaches to fighting  disease because chimps and humans succumb to different ailments:  Chimps, for instance, don't develop AIDS or malaria.

 
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