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458 SAKAKI ET AL.Table 2. Base Substitutions Affecting the Protein StructuresChimp clone Gene Symbol Specific cDNA reference PositionMissing Methionine:PTB-047A24 C21orf18 substitution (5159351806)PTB-084L06 C21orf15 substitution (101445102078)PTB-091H17 C21orf9 substitution (6762567626)PTB-111H18 D21S2056E AY033999 substitution (3197532024)Missing Stop codon:PTB-005B20 PRED5 deletion (6502466013)PTB-034G05 C21orf62 1 nt insertion (4631046359)PTB-034G05 C21orf49 1 nt insertion (4944149490)PTB-061A04 C21orf30 substitution (6528265331)PTB-292C11 TMPRSS3 AB038160 deletion (7982379871)RP43-117B17 C21orf71 substitution (5971559764) (GCA/TCA)Premature Stop codon:CH251-388O03 PCNT2 PCNT2 lots <strong>of</strong> differences (4848459924)PTB-003F15 PRED75 insertion (120053120102)PTB-013J17 PRED48 XM-071328 1 nt insertion (8610787630)PTB-028I09 PRED78 lots <strong>of</strong> differencesPTB-045O21 C21orf11 HSA409094 big deletion (7348073519)PTB-047A24 C21orf27 substitution (5500857947)PTB-047A24 C21orf19 2 nt insertion (124956125005)PTB-051O03 KIAA0653 KIAA0653 large deletion (135145135178)PTB-058L13 PRED48 XM-071328 1 nt insertion (4369745220)PTB-099D17 C21orf104 substitution (202361202410)PTB-120M01 LSS AK092334 lots <strong>of</strong> differences (4920450027)PTB-148P14 PRED61 P704-101D08-model17 deletion (3851438562)PTB-155J22 C21orf79 1 nt insertion (9708497133)PTB-187O16 C21orf104 1 nt insertion (6453264581)PTB-190I13 PRED48 XM-071328 1 nt insertion (135221136744)RP43-001G01 DSCR6 DSCR6 substitution (9821998268)RP43-006A20 PRED42 2 nt insertion (9095191000)RP43-006A20 PRED78 lots <strong>of</strong> differencesRP43-015P20 PDE9A AF067226 substitution (99938136172)Additional amino acids:PTB-063M23 C21orf96 48 nt deletion (6415764208)PTB-073G05 IFNAR1 IFNAR1 3 nt insertion (4829948348)PTB-083K24 USP16 9 nt insertion (2831828367)PTB-126B09 PRED77 6 nt insertion (191328191398)PTB-153H02 PRED58 AA872876 P704-1023B21-model18-mpi 6 nt insertion (7350073549PTB-196A08 IFNAR1 IFNAR1 3 nt insertion (8779887847)RP43-012J05 SYNJ1 SYNJ1 6 nt insertion (4137141420)trans-acting factors. We examined whether the geneticdifferences found in the present work have any correlationto gene expression. By using Gene-chip technology,the gene expression pr<strong>of</strong>iles in brain and liver were comparedbetween human and chimp, and it was found thatseveral among 189 genes examined showed significantdifferences in brain and/or liver (data not shown). For example,IFNAR2, IFNGR2, and ETS2 showed enhancedexpression in chimpanzee brain. On the other hand,C21orf97 was expressed more preferentially in humanbrain. Comparative analysis suggested the presence <strong>of</strong>some significant differences in the promoter regions thatmay affect gene expression. Figure 3 shows differencesin the promoter region <strong>of</strong> the INFAR2 gene, which is expressedat significantly higher level in chimpanzee brain(and liver). <strong>The</strong> conclusive view must wait for further experimentalverification, but it is likely that the geneticchanges in intergenic regions also have made considerablecontribution to human evolution through their quantitativeeffects on gene expression.CONCLUSIONS<strong>The</strong> present study showed for the first time the chromosome-widesequence comparison between human andnonhuman primates. <strong>The</strong> study revealed several interestingand important features <strong>of</strong> the human genome fromevolutionary viewpoints. <strong>The</strong> overall study showed that asignificant bias in base substitution exists from region toregion and from element to element. <strong>The</strong>se biases mayhave been generated from the regional difference <strong>of</strong> frequency<strong>of</strong> base substitution and the regional difference <strong>of</strong>the strength <strong>of</strong> constraint. Careful analysis <strong>of</strong> the basesubstitution rate may reveal the strength <strong>of</strong> evolutionaryconstraint on each element and region in the genome. Forexample, some CpG islands might be under more strictconstraint than others. Overall comparison also showedtransposable elements seem to have been distributed inspecies-specific manners, suggesting that expansion <strong>of</strong>transposable elements occurred discontinuously duringevolution in each species. <strong>The</strong> most important finding <strong>of</strong>

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