Great ape genetic diversity and population history

High-coverage sequencing of 79 (wild and captive) individuals representing all six non-human great ape species has identified over 88 million single nucleotide polymorphisms providing insight into ape genetic variation and evolutionary history and enabling comparison with human genetic diversity. In an effort to provide insights into great ape genetic variation, the authors sequence 79 wild- and captive-born individuals from across all six great ape species and seven subspecies. Their data and analyses shed light on population structure and gene flow, inbreeding, inferred dynamics of effective population sizes and the differences in the rate of gene loss among the great apes. This new catalogue of great ape…

• NS
  National Science Foundation

  Awards: 0755823, 1032255
• HH
  Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• UO
  University of Minnesota
• NO
  Natur og Univers, Det Frie Forskningsråd
• GH
  G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation
• AF
  Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• GD
  Generalitat de Catalunya
• IC
  Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
• M
  Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
• DF
  Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
• MD
  Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

  Awards: BFU2012-38236, BFU2011-28549
• MF
  Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
• NI
  National Institutes of Health

  Awards: HG002385, DP1ES022577, R01_HG005226, GM100233
• UO
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign