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Comment
. 2017 Nov 29;49(12):1671-1672.
doi: 10.1038/ng.3992.

Evolutionary insights from wild vervet genomes

Ellen M Leffler  1
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Evolutionary insights from wild vervet genomes

Ellen M Leffler. Nat Genet. .

Abstract

A new study reports genome-wide variation in 163 vervet monkeys from across their taxonomic and geographic ranges. The analysis suggests a complex history of admixture and identifies signals of repeated evolutionary selection, some of which may be linked to response to simian immunodeficiency virus.

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Phylogeny and approximate numbers (order of magnitude) of published genome sequences for apes and common NHP biomedical research models. All listed species have at least a draft reference assembly. The vervet genomes, marked in red, are described in Svardal et al.. The left side of the figure is adapted from .
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