Sequencing the Chimpanzee Genome: What Have We Learned? | Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)

Event Date (Pacific Time):

Friday, Mar 12, 2004 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm

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Event Sessions

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Media	Session	Speakers
	Opening Remarks	Ajit Varki, UC San Diego School of Medicine
	How Humans are Related to Other Primates	Pascal Gagneux, University of California, San Diego
	The Mind of the Chimpanzee: In the Wild and in Captivity	Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Kyoto University
	99% Genetic Identity of Humans and Chimpanzees: Measurements Over the Past 30 Years	Mary-Claire King, University of Washington School of Medicine
	Problems and Prospects in Sequencing the Whole Chimpanzee Genome	Robert Waterston, University of Washington School of Medicine
	Structural Variation and Rearrangement between Chimp and Human Genomes	Evan Eichler, University of Washington School of Medicine
	Comparing Coding Sequences between Humans and Chimpanzees	Andrew Clark, Cornell University
	Genomic Comparisons of Humans and Chimpanzees	Svante Pääbo, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
	Initiation of a Great Ape Phenome Project	Ajit Varki, UC San Diego School of Medicine
	Chimpanzees in the Wild: The Crisis in Great Ape Conservation	Caroline Tutin, The University of Stirling; Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF)
	Concluding Remarks	Sydney Brenner, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
	Closing Comments	Maynard Olson, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington

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