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Review
. 2005 Nov 22;15(22):R919-22.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.060.

Evolution: natural selection in the evolution of humans and chimps

Hans Ellegren  1
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Review

Evolution: natural selection in the evolution of humans and chimps

Hans Ellegren. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

We now have more or less full sequences of both human and chimp genomes, allowing comparison that sheds light on their evolution. A few hundred genes show significant evidence for adaptive evolution in the two lineages, but the actual number might be much higher. Natural selection has eliminated about 75% of amino acid changes in coding sequence since the split of the human and chimpanzee genomes.

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