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To: GodGunsGuts
Popcorn is in the microwave. ;-)
3 posted on
02/05/2009 7:31:26 PM PST by
doc1019
(Obama, a child in an adult sandbox.)
To: GodGunsGuts
“The fact that chimpanzee genomes are about 10% larger than that of humans, a detail few people are aware of...”
I’ve seen chimps at the zoo, and I’m sure mine are larger.
4 posted on
02/05/2009 7:31:37 PM PST by
Eccl 10:2
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - Ps 122:6)
To: GodGunsGuts
If this is what passes for a news story some one does not know what fiction is.
13 posted on
02/05/2009 8:34:12 PM PST by
org.whodat
(Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
To: GodGunsGuts
Where is the part about the cracker heads??
15 posted on
02/05/2009 8:36:18 PM PST by
org.whodat
(Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
To: GodGunsGuts
Self *PING* for later...like I'll have the time to get to it.
Cheers!
19 posted on
02/05/2009 8:39:03 PM PST by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: GodGunsGuts
Here is a chart showing on a log scale the "size" of genomes for various organisms.
It shows that humans fall in the middle of the size range for mammals, and it is clear that the size range is greater than 10%, but it doesn't give the specific numbers for any particular species.
![](http://bp1.blogger.com/_KQSgvOOpF1I/RuYXWWLk_mI/AAAAAAAAAJA/GCSV8Fa77tI/s400/Cval1.jpg)
It is clear that genome size is somewhat independent of other measures of evolutionary advancement (by advancement I mean change over time, not getting better).
But as I said before, the argument isn't that size matters, it's that if you have a 10% size difference, you are at least 10% different, and can't possibly be 98% or 95% identical.
Unless you are still in the "most dna is junk dna and shouldn't be counted" camp, I guess, although nobody is in that camp anymore, are they?
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