Evolutionarily new sequences expressed in tumors

Table 1 Results of PCR experiments* and comparative genomics analysis within primates.

Superfamily	Species/Transcript (EST Clusters)	#1	#2	#3	#4
Platyrrhini	Lemur catta	+	-	-	-
New World monkeys	Ateles fusciceps	+	-	+	+
	Callimico goeldii	+	-	+	+
Cercopitecoidea	Colobus guereza	+	-	-	-
Old World monkeys	Erythrocebus patas	+	-	-	+
	Cercopithecus aethiops	+	-	-	+
	Macaca mulatta	(+)**	(+)	(+)	(+)
Hominoidea	Hylobates concolor	+	-	+	+
Apes and Human	Pongo pygmaeus (sumatran)	+	+	+	+
	Pongo pygmaeus (bornean)	-	-	+	+
	Gorilla gorilla (sample 1)	+	+	+	+
	Gorilla gorilla (sample 2)	-	-	+/-***	+
	Pan troglodytes (sample 1)	+	+	+	(+)
	Pan troglodytes (sample 2)	+	+	+	(+)
	Homo sapiens	+	+	+	+

* DNA samples were ranged according to the existing classification of primates [5].
** Data in brackets are results of comparative genomics analysis.
*** Weak signal.
#1-AL040372, Hs.133294; #2-AA166653, Hs.426704; #3-AI952931, Hs.128594; #4-AI792557, Hs.133107

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