Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo, and chimpanzee. Areas of their genomes previously inaccessible because of structural complexity have now mostly been resolved. The resource is already lending ...

Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their genomes previously inaccessible because of structural complexity have now mostly been resolved. The resource is already lending ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations—referred ...

For instance, the smallest of the apes is the bonobo, weighing around 40-50 kg. In contrast, the largest of the apes is the Gorilla, whose weight can exceed 250 kg. Chimpanzees weigh approximately ...

A gorilla at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory has been euthanized after years of “continued medical deterioration.” The zoo ...

Another gorilla, Helen, lived to the ripe old gorilla age of 64. Helen lived at the Louisville Zoo in Louisville, Kentucky. Compared to orangutans, gorillas live slightly longer. The oldest orangutan, ...

Galdikas says, greeting a large orangutan with soulful brown eyes as ... (Leakey also mentored chimp researcher Jane Goodall and gorilla researcher Dian Fossey; he called them the "trimates.") ...