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A mobile DNA sequence may explain why humans and other great apes lack tails

News from Science says the DNA moved to a new chromosomal location and changed how great apes make a key developmental protein.

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News from Science says researchers in 2021 may have found a genetic change behind the lack of tails in humans and other great apes. The proposed explanation centers on a mobile piece of DNA that moved to a new chromosomal location and changed how great apes make a key developmental protein.

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