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Published online 27 May 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040524-8

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Chimp chromosome creates puzzles

First sequence is unexpectedly different from human equivalent.

What is the difference between a chimp and a human? There could be a lot more to the answer than scientists thought, according to the first accurate DNA sequence of a chimp chromosome.

We already knew that around 98.

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