The chimpanzee-specific pericentric inversions that distinguish humans and chimpanzees have identical breakpoints in Pan troglodytes and Pan paniscus

Breakpoint analysis of the pericentric i

Breakpoint analysis of the pericentric inversion distinguishing human chromosome 4 from the homologous chromosome in the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

✍ Hildegard Kehrer-Sawatzki; Catharina Sandig; Nadia Chuzhanova; Violaine Goidts; 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 482 KB

The study of breakpoints that occurred during primate evolution promises to yield valuable insights into the mechanisms underlying chromosome rearrangements in both evolution and pathology. Karyotypic differences between humans and chimpanzees include nine pericentric inversions, which may have pote