To: searchandrecovery
S&R
I work with scientists in this field. A 12% difference in the genome is huge when it comes to how the genes are expressed.
The genetic code has turned out to be far more complex than just one gene-one protein.
Chimps are not near-humans.
5 posted on
12/12/2003 3:31:49 AM PST by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: Blueflag
A 12% difference in the genome is huge when it comes to how the genes are expressed. Except that it's 1.2 percent. Humans and chimps are 98.8 percent indentical...
50 posted on
12/12/2003 1:46:17 PM PST by
Junior
(To sweep, perchance to clean... Aye, there's the scrub.)
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