Chimpanzee Genome sequencing completed

Draft sequence of the chimpanzee genome was analyzed by the Chimpanzee Sequencing and Analysis Consortium, and published in Nature. 2005 Sep 1;437(7055):69-87.

Chimpanzee is the humankind's closest living relative. Comparison of the genomes between human and chimpanzee will assist understanding human specific functions and the mechanism of evolution from primates to human.

The data was submitted to DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank International Nucleotide Sequence Databases as whole genome shotgun (WGS) sequences data which is available via DDBJ getentry system. Or the data is also available by downloading from anonymous ftp of the DDBJ" page or WGS ftp site (AACZ.gz, AADA.gz).

Chimpanzee chromosome 22 DNA sequencing had already been completed by The International Chimpanzee Chromosome 22 Consortium in last May, and the result was published in Nature.