A statistical test that supports a human/chimpanzee clade based on noncoding DNA sequence data.
Using the aligned DNA sequence data of Miyamoto et al. and Maeda et al., all noncoding genetic material, and a simple statistical test, we show that a Homo/Pan clade is supported at approximately the 3% level of significance. The method accommodates polymorphism and different evolutionary rates for different sites. All assumptions on which the statistical study is based are made explicit. (See the Note added in proof, which--adding recently published data--improves the significance level to about 1%.
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D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics; D006071:Gorilla gorilla / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D009154:Mutation; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000235:genetics*; D011148:Pongo pygmaeus / Q000235:genetics; D011336:Probability
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