454 Sequencing System Used To Determine The Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome, Establishing When Humans And Neanderthals Diverged

Researchers led by the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany have published the complete Neanderthal mitochondrial genome sequence. The mitochondrial genome was generated using the 454 Sequencing technology to 35-fold redundancy, facilitating a detailed comparison against known human mitochondrial genomes and an analysis of recent human evolution.

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Filed under: Genetics on August 11th, 2008