Comparison of chromatin accessibility between human and non-human primates
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ABSTRACT: Evolution of transcriptional regulation is thought to be a major cause of the evolution of phenotypic traits. We compared DNase I Hypersensitive sites in fibroblast cells from five primates (human, chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, and macaque). We identified approximately 90,000 DHS sites, of which 59% are not significantly different between species, 27% are differential and likely due to a single evolutionary change, and 14% are differential and likely due to multiple changes. We found that including additional closely related species allows us to better distinguish between accessibility changes that are specific to a single species and those that have experienced changes in chromatin accessibility across multiple species during evolution.
ORGANISM(S): Gorilla gorilla Pan troglodytes Homo sapiens Macaca mulatta Pongo pygmaeus
PROVIDER: GSE129034 | GEO | 2019/10/11
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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