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Genetics & Genomics
Gene regulation, not just genes, is what sets humans apart
August 27th, 2007
The striking differences between humans and chimps aren’t so much in the genes we have, which are 99 percent the same, but in the way those genes are used, according to new research from a Duke University team. It’s rather like the same set of notes being played in very different ways. In two major traits that set humans apart from chimps and other primates – those involving brains and diet – gene regulation, the complex cross-talk that governs when genes are turned on and off, appears to be significantly different. “Positive selection, the process by which genetic changes that aid survival and reproduction spread throughout a...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-08-27)
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