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Texas A&M University
Researchers examine closest living relative to primates
November 20th, 2007
Researchers at Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, in collaboration with scientists representing institutions around the world, have discovered the closest living relative to primates. They did so after completing a multispecies genomic comparison within the superordinal group Euarchonta, which includes primates, dermoptera (colugos) and scandentia (tree shrews). Their findings are published in the Nov. 2 edition of the journal Science. "Determination of the closest living relative of primates has important ramifications for anthropology and genomics," said Dr. William Murphy, a professor of veterinary integrative biosciences and...
Source: Science Letter (2007-11-20)
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