An ancient virus in chimpanzee DNA switches off a gene that is active in humans

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Humans and chimpanzees share almost all their genes. Despite this, our brains have developed in different ways. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now shown that a viral pandemic dating back several million years is likely to be part of the explanation.

Source: Phys.org

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