uwnews.org | RSS news feed: news releases about UW Schools, Departments, and Units: Microbiology | University of WashingtonThis RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 20 UW news releases about Microbiology.Rhesus macaque genome may hold clues for human health and evolution- April 12, 2007 An international consortium of scientists has completed a draft sequence of the genome of the rhesus macaque, a species of non-human primate that is widely used for creating models of human diseases and infections. The study paves the way for researchers to watch disease progression at the genetic level in macaques, a close relative of humans. The findings, which appear in the April 13 issue of Science, will also teach us more about how humans and other primates evolved into distinct species.http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32057 |