Abstract:During the origin of great apes about 14 million years ago, a series of phenotypic innovations emerged, such as the increased body size, the enlarged brain volume, the improved cognitive skill and the diversified diet. Yet, the genomic basis of these evolutionary changes remains unclear. Utilizing the high-quality genome assemblies of great apes (including human), gibbon and macaque, we conducted comparative genome analyses, and identified 15,885 great-ape-specific structural variants (GSSVs), including 8 codi… Show more
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