Scientists Decipher Rhesus Macaque Genome

In the 13 April 2007 issue, Science unveiled the genome sequence of one of biology's most important model organisms: the rhesus macaque monkey (Macaca mulatta). Researchers from the Macaque Sequencing Consortium detail here the biomedical evolutionary insights gained from the macaque genome, only the third primate genome to be completed after human and chimpanzee.