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The Karyotypes of Several Primate Species, Such as Chimpanzee and Gorilla

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The karyotypes of several primate species, such as chimpanzee and gorilla, show two nearly telocentric chromosomes as opposed to the single large metacentric chromosome 2 in humans.
Does this demonstrate chromosome breakage or fusion at the time of lineage divergence?

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