Humans and monkeys share Machiavellian intelligence
When it comes to their social behavior, people sometimes act like monkeys, or more specifically, like rhesus macaques, a type of monkey that shares with humans strong tendencies for nepotism and political maneuvering

Scientists compare 12 fruit fly genomes
Fly consortium uncovers swarm of novel findings about genomic evolution, function

Scientists complete DNA sequencing and analysis of multiple fruit fly genomes
Large-scale comparative analysis of genomes from closely-related fly species reveals important evolutionary clues; yields powerful approach that may help decipher other genomes

Genome comparison of 12 fruit fly species
Researchers from the UAB Genomics, Bioinformatics and Evolution Group participated in an international research that has resulted in the completion of the genomes of ten new fruit fly species.

Analysis of rhesus monkey genome uncovers genetic differences with humans, chimps
An international consortium of researchers has published the genome sequence of the rhesus macaque monkey and aligned it with the chimpanzee and human genomes.

Why do rodents' teeth stay sharp? What is the difference between the mouse and the kangaroo?
Answers to these two questions are given by two recent studies on tooth development and evolution.

Comparative genomics using Fugu reveals insights into regulatory subfunctionalization
Comparative analysis of conserved elements between duplicated genes provides a powerful approach for studying regulatory subfunctionalization at the level of the regulatory elements involved.

Comparative genomics and experimental promoter analysis reveal functional liver-specific elements in mammalian hepatic lipase genes
Searching for conserved non-coding sequences by comparative genomics is a valuable tool in identifying candidate enhancer elements.

cTFbase: a database for comparative genomics of transcription factors in cyanobacteria
cTFbase database to classify and analyze all the putative TFs in cyanobacterial genomes, followed by genome-wide comparative analysis.

Human-chimp difference may be bigger
Approximately 6 percent of human and chimp genes are unique to those species, report scientists from Indiana University Bloomington and three other institutions.

Mouse to man: The story of chromosomes
The complete sequencing of human chromosome 17 and mouse chromosome 11 offers unique insights into the evolution of the genome of higher mammals

Evolution study tightens human-chimp connection
Study also finds human evolution slower than apes

DNA sequence of Rhesus macaque has evolutionary, medical implications
The completed DNA sequence of the rhesus macaque - an Old World monkey - has advanced understanding of primate evolution...

Third primate genome, the rhesus macaque, helps illuminate what makes us human
Researchers have sequenced the genome of the relatively ancient rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), providing perspective into how humans are genetically different from our primate relatives.

A fly lamin gene is both like and unlike human genes
Lamins are intermediate filament proteins that make up a matrix underlying the nuclear membrane.

AR-News: Dog DNA reveals man's link with best friend
Rough draft of canine genetic structure completed