A mobile DNA segment may help explain why humans and great apes lack tails
News from Science revisits 2021 research suggesting that a piece of DNA moved to a new chromosomal location, changing how great apes make a key developmental protein.
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News from Science says researchers in 2021 may have identified a genetic change behind the lack of tails in humans and great apes. The proposed explanation involves 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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