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Published online 10 December 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031208-9
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Chimp genome draft completed
Closest relative's code will highlight human qualities.
Researchers today released a draft version of the genetic sequence of our closest relative, the chimpanzee Pan troglodytes.
The differences between the chimp's genetic code and ours should reveal what makes us human, scientists hope.
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