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Figure Illustrating the Relative Age of Genetic Changes Between Human and Chimp Genomes

Caption: The relative age of genetic changes between the human and chimp genomes varies over a period of ~ 4 million years, depending on where in the genome you look. This figure illustrates this concept (note - these are not actual data points). For example, Gene A first diverged millions of years before Gene B. Of particular note is the X chromosome, which falls almost entirely in the time just before final speciation.

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