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February 28, 2003
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Scientists Find That Apes and Monkeys Provide Needed Help in Understanding the Human Genome
 
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Image of a genomic chart
In these comparative genomic charts, it is easy to see why meaningful comparisons between humans and other primates have been difficult. The pink areas represent regions of high conservation between the two species being compared, (meaning the sequences are the same in both), the blue areas represent the positions of protein-coding regions and the purple areas represent the non-protein coding parts of a gene.