Lemur's evolutionary history may shed light on our own

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New genetic analysis estimates when and how the lemur branch of the primate family split from our own. Credit: Duke IGSP.
New genetic analysis estimates when and how the lemur branch of the primate family split from our own. Credit: Duke IGSP.

After swabbing the cheeks of more than 200 lemurs and related primates to collect their DNA, researchers at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) and Duke Lemur Center now have a much clearer picture of their evolutionary family tree.


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