IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/nature/v486y2012i7404d10.1038_nature11128.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The bonobo genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes

Author

Listed:
  • Kay Prüfer

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Kasper Munch

    (Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)

  • Ines Hellmann

    (Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria)

  • Keiko Akagi

    (Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center)

  • Jason R. Miller

    (J. Craig Venter Institute)

  • Brian Walenz

    (J. Craig Venter Institute)

  • Sergey Koren

    (University of Maryland, College Park)

  • Granger Sutton

    (J. Craig Venter Institute)

  • Chinnappa Kodira

    (454 Life Sciences)

  • Roger Winer

    (454 Life Sciences)

  • James R. Knight

    (454 Life Sciences)

  • James C. Mullikin

    (Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health)

  • Stephen J. Meader

    (MRC Functional Genomics Unit, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK)

  • Chris P. Ponting

    (MRC Functional Genomics Unit, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK)

  • Gerton Lunter

    (The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK)

  • Saneyuki Higashino

    (Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan)

  • Asger Hobolth

    (Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)

  • Julien Dutheil

    (Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)

  • Emre Karakoç

    (University of Washington and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

  • Can Alkan

    (University of Washington and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    Present address: Department of Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey.)

  • Saba Sajjadian

    (University of Washington and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

  • Claudia Rita Catacchio

    (University of Bari, I-70125 Bari, Italy)

  • Mario Ventura

    (University of Washington and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    University of Bari, I-70125 Bari, Italy)

  • Tomas Marques-Bonet

    (University of Washington and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    ICREA, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), 08003 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

  • Evan E. Eichler

    (University of Washington and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

  • Claudine André

    (Lola Ya Bonobo Bonobo Sanctuary, “Petites Chutes de la Lukaya”, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

  • Rebeca Atencia

    (Réserve Naturelle Sanctuaire à Chimpanzés de Tchimpounga, Jane Goodall Institute)

  • Lawrence Mugisha

    (Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT))

  • Jörg Junhold

    (Zoo Leipzig, D-04105 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Nick Patterson

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Michael Siebauer

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Jeffrey M. Good

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
    University of Montana)

  • Anne Fischer

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
    International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya)

  • Susan E. Ptak

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Michael Lachmann

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • David E. Symer

    (Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center)

  • Thomas Mailund

    (Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)

  • Mikkel H. Schierup

    (Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
    Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)

  • Aida M. Andrés

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Janet Kelso

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Svante Pääbo

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany)

Abstract

Sequencing of the bonobo genome shows that more than three per cent of the human genome is more closely related to either the bonobo genome or the chimpanzee genome than those genomes are to each other.

Suggested Citation

  • Kay Prüfer & Kasper Munch & Ines Hellmann & Keiko Akagi & Jason R. Miller & Brian Walenz & Sergey Koren & Granger Sutton & Chinnappa Kodira & Roger Winer & James R. Knight & James C. Mullikin & Stephe, 2012. "The bonobo genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes," Nature, Nature, vol. 486(7404), pages 527-531, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:486:y:2012:i:7404:d:10.1038_nature11128
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11128
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11128
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/nature11128?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Elisa Bandini & Rachel A. Harrison & Alba Motes-Rodrigo, 2022. "Examining the suitability of extant primates as models of hominin stone tool culture," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-18, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:486:y:2012:i:7404:d:10.1038_nature11128. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.