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primate

(Science: zoology) The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.

Origin: OE. Primat, F. Primat, L. Primas, -atis one of the first, chief, fr. Primus the first. See Prime. Any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet.Any member of the mammalian order Primates, in which humans are classified within.


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Mitochondrial Gene Replacement

Researchers have figured out a potential way to prevent mitochondrial DNA related diseases by trading out healthy mitochondria for the mutated mitochondria. Apparently there are no side effects. Read more

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by jyaron
Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:01 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Mitochondrial Gene Replacement
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... that's far less likely to occur among humans than among dogs. But that's getting abit topic, I just wanted to clarify. If the known timeframe of primate speciation is so little known among humans, what about other species? Could their speciation be extrapolated to humans?

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by Hozefit
Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:40 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Speciation among primates and hominids
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... at the moment. Genetic research will eventually replace the importance of fossil evidence, and from what I can tell, much of the way we've gauged primate/hominid speciation is largely via fossil differences. I've also heard that, among primates/hominids, it takes on the scale of 1 million years ...

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by Jesse2504
Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:55 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Speciation among primates and hominids
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... at the moment. Genetic research will eventually replace the importance of fossil evidence, and from what I can tell, much of the way we've gauged primate/hominid speciation is largely via fossil differences. I've also heard that, among primates/hominids, it takes on the scale of 1 million years ...

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by Hozefit
Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:44 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Speciation among primates and hominids
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Re: Speciation among primates and hominids

You misunderstood. I'm not asking for how old the first primate is and when humans first appeared. I'm wondering what the shortest timeframe for speciation to occur among primates/hominids is. IE, say, taking 2 hominid/primate species, seperating them ...

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by Hozefit
Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:50 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Speciation among primates and hominids
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