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Nature 428, 242 (18 March 2004) | doi:10.1038/428242a

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Geneticists study chimp–human divergence

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Scientists combing the draft of the chimpanzee genome sequence are finding tantalizing hints about the differences between humans and our closest relatives.Results gleaned from the publicly available genome, which was released last December, were discussed for the first time at a workshop on 12 March at the University of California, San Diego.