Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos

• DOI: 10.1126/science.aag2602
• Publication Date: 2016-10-27T18:13:43Z
• Authors: Marc de Manuel; Martin Kuhlwilm; Peter Frandsen; Vitor C. Sousa; Tariq Desai; Javier Prado-Mart...; Jessica Hernandez...; Isabelle Dupanloup; Oscar Lao; Pille Hallast; Joshua M. Schmidt; José María Heredi...; Andrea Benazzo; Guido Barbujani; Benjamin M. Peter; Lukas F. K. Kuderna; Ferran Casals; Samuel Angedakin; Mimi Arandjelovic; Christophe Boesch; Hjalmar Kühl; Linda Vigilant; Kevin Langergraber; John Novembre; Marta Gut; Ivo Gut; Arcadi Navarro; Frands Carlsen; Aida M. Andrés; Hans. R. Siegismund; Aylwyn Scally; Laurent Excoffier; Chris Tyler-Smith; Sergi Castellano; Yali Xue; Christina Hvilsom; Tomas Marques-Bonet
• Keywords: Ximpanzés -- Genètica; Gene Flow; Genome; Evolució molecular; Pan troglodytes; Population; Genetic Variation; Nigeria; Genomics; Pan paniscus; chimpanzees, bonobos, gene flow, genetic variation, population dynamics; Evolution, Molecular; Bonobo -- Genètica; Haplotypes; Animals; Cameroon; Genètica

Of chimpanzees and bonobos

Modern non-African human genomes contain genomic remnants that suggest that there was interbreeding between ancient humans and archaic hominoid lineages. Now, de Manuel et al. show similar ancestral interbreeding between the ancestors of today's chimpanzees and bonobos (see the Perspective by Hoelzel). The study also provides population-specific genetic markers that may be valuable for conservation efforts.

Science , this issue p. 477 ; see also p. 414