What can differences in the arrangements of genes on the chromosomes of humans and chimps tell us about how we became a separate species? Plenty, according to Rieseberg and Livingstone in their Perspective, which discusses an exciting comparative study of human and chimp chromosomes (Barton and Navarro).
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