1. Chimpanzee chromosome 12 is homologous to human chromosome arm 2q
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T. Ho, C.R.Y. Sun, and N.C. Sun
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Chromosome 7 (human) ,Genetics ,Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X ,Pan troglodytes ,Chromosome Mapping ,Biology ,Hybrid Cells ,Chromosome 17 (human) ,Chimpanzee genome project ,Chromosome 4 ,Chromosome 16 ,Chromosome 3 ,Chromosome 18 ,Animals ,Humans ,Chromosome 21 ,Molecular Biology ,Genetics (clinical) - Abstract
Most of the 46 human chromosomes find their counterparts in the 48 chimpanzee chromosomes except for chromosome 2 which has been hypothesized to have been derived from a centric fusion of two chimpanzee acrocentric chromosomes. These two chromosomes correspond to the human chromosomes 2p and 2g. This conclusion is based primarily on chromosome banding techniques, and the somatic cell hybridization technique has also been used. (HLW)
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- 1978