The Other Primates

With more and more non-human primate genomes being sequenced, researchers are uncovering how similar and yet distinct these primates are from humans. Of course, there are a number of challenges — technical and practical — to studying primate genomes, though much about evolution is already being learned.

Ciara Curtin is GenomeWeb's science features editor as well as the editor of the Daily Scan and Careers blogs. E-mail Ciara Curtin and follow @DailyScan, and @CareersGW on Twitter.