To: fso301
"Someone help me out here but I suspect there are certain genetic characteristics that are common to all lifeforms."
Yes. There is a 95% similarity between human and chimpanzee DNA.
To: LiberConservative
Actually in DNA that codes for a protein (a gene) the similarity between humans and chimps is around 98%. Over the entire genome the difference is around 93-95% the same. This pattern holds true when comparing more distantly related species. A comparison with a New World monkey and humans would yield a 85% or less genetic DNA homology and the non-genetic DNA would vary by an even larger degree.
43 posted on
07/16/2008 4:58:54 PM PDT by
allmendream
(If "the New Yorker" makes a joke and liberals don't get it, is it still funny?)
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