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New Monkey DNA Map Could Help Speed up Human Research
- Scientists have produced the first complete genome of the common marmoset to aid research on dementia and other diseases.
- The genome sequencing was conducted by a team at the University of California, Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, led by Prajna Hebbar.
- Analysis showed genetic variation in marmosets related to Alzheimer's disease and immune system genes, supporting the marmoset as a model for studying Alzheimer's.
- The genome revealed that marmosets uniquely shuffle ribosomal DNA between chromosomes, a new finding in primates.
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First complete marmoset genome will enable research on Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative diseases
To study complex diseases like Alzheimer's, scientists and clinicians analyze how genes change and malfunction in other species. Marmosets, a species of tiny monkey from South America, have become an important animal model for understanding disease, but researchers have never had a complete baseline for understanding the primate's DNA.
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