Evolution and demography of the great apes.

Kuhlwilm M; de Manuel M; Nater A; Greminger MP; Krützen M; Marques-Bonet T

doi:10.1016/j.gde.2016.09.005

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Evolution and demography of the great apes.

Kuhlwilm M Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), PRBB, Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona, Catalonia 08003, Spain.
de Manuel M Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), PRBB, Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona, Catalonia 08003, Spain.
Nater A Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
Greminger MP Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland; Evolutionary Genetics Group, Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
Krützen M Evolutionary Genetics Group, Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland. Electronic address: michael.kruetzen@aim.uzh.ch.
Marques-Bonet T Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), PRBB, Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona, Catalonia 08003, Spain; Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia 08010, Spain; CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri i Reixac 4, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: tomas.marques@upf.edu.

2016-10-08

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Current opinion in genetics & development. - 2016

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English The great apes are the closest living relatives of humans. Chimpanzees and bonobos group together with humans, while gorillas and orangutans are more divergent from humans. Here, we review insights into their evolution pertaining to the topology of species and subspecies and the reconstruction of their demography based on genome-wide variation. These advances have only become possible recently through next-generation sequencing technologies. Given the close relationship to humans, they provide an important evolutionary context for human genetics.

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