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Sunday, September 01, 2002Dr. Ronald Bontrop, who led the Dutch team, said: "Chimps show more genetic variation than humans in all areas -- with this one exception, which is seriously condensed." He believes the most logical explanation was that a lethal epidemic had spread through the chimpanzee population and that only those with the correct genetic defences survived. And because modern chimps and largely immune to the HIV virus, Bontrop believes the ancient epidemic was AIDS-related. Or it could be some other explanation for the common gene, or a different disease that caused the epidemic, if there was one. posted by Sydney on 9/01/2002 07:25:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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