No genetic differences between man and modern apes has yet been found to be of a type that is out of the ordinary for genetic mutations.
For example, check out this example:
The differences between, say, man and chimp are just a very small number of point mutations, plus 5 basepairs tacked on the end which may be the tail-end "fuzz" that sometimes accumulates on genes during copying (and which gorillas and orangutans don't even have either).CHRM2 gene for muscarinic acetylcholine receptor m2, partial cds updated: 9/11/00 seq id sequence name ----------------------------- 1 human (M16404 in Database) - local file - 2 human (SN; AB041391 determined by Silver Project) - local file - 3 chimpanzee (220; AB041392 determined by Silver Project) - local file - 4 gorilla (U1; AB041393 determined by Silver Project) - local file - 5 orangutan (U1; AB041394 determined by Silver Project) - local file -nucleotides 1 - 60 1 ttgtcctggtggctggatccctcagtttggtgaccattatcgggaacatcctagtcatgg 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ............................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------ nucleotides 61 - 120 1 tttccattaaagtcaaccgccacctccagaccgtcaacaattactttttattcagcttgg 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 .................................................g.......... 5 ...............................t.................g.......... -------------------------------+-----------------+---------- nucleotides 121 - 180 1 cctgtgctgaccttatcataggtgttttctccatgaacttgtacaccctctacactgtga 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ............................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------ nucleotides 181 - 240 1 ttggttactggcctttgggacctgtggtgtgtgacctttggctagccctggactatgtgg 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 .........................t.................................. -------------------------+---------------------------------- nucleotides 241 - 300 1 tcagcaatgcctcagttatgaatctgctcatcatcagctttgacaggtacttctgtgtca 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 .............g.............................................. -------------+---------------------------------------------- nucleotides 301 - 360 1 caaaacctctgacctacccagtcaagcggaccacaaaaatggcaggtatgatgattgcag 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ............................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------ nucleotides 361 - 420 1 ctgcctgggtcctctctttcatcctctgggctccagccattctcttctggcagttcattg 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ............................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------ nucleotides 421 - 480 1 taggggtgagaactgtggaggatggggagtgctacattcagtttttttccaatgctgctg 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ............................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------ nucleotides 481 - 540 1 tcacctttggtacggctattgcagccttctatttgccagtgatcatcatgactgtgctat 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ................c........................................... 5 ................c.........................................g. ----------------+-----------------------------------------+- nucleotides 541 - 600 1 attggcacatatcccgagccagcaagagcaggataaagaaggacaagaaggagcctgttg 2 ............................................................ 3 .................................................a.......... 4 ............................................................ 5 .c.......................................................... -+-----------------------------------------------+---------- nucleotides 601 - 660 1 ccaaccaagaccccgtttctccaagtctggtacaaggaaggatagtgaagccaaacaata 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ............................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------ nucleotides 661 - 720 1 acaacatgcccagcagtgacgatggcctggagcacaacaaaatccagaatggcaaagccc 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ............................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------ nucleotides 721 - 780 1 ccagggatcctgtgactgaaaactgtgttcagggagaggagaaggagagctccaatgact 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ....a................................a...................... ----+--------------------------------+---------------------- nucleotides 781 - 840 1 ccacctcagtcagtgctgttgcctctaatatgagagatgatgaaataacccaggatgaaa 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ........................................c................... ----------------------------------------+------------------- nucleotides 841 - 900 1 acacagtttccacttccctgggccattccaaagatgagaactctaagcaaacatgcatca 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 .......c................................t................... -------+--------------------------------+------------------- nucleotides 901 - 960 1 gaattggcaccaagaccccaaaaagtgactcatgtaccccaactaataccaccgtggagg 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ...................c....t.............t..................... -------------------+----+-------------+--------------------- nucleotides 961 - 1020 1 tagtggggtcttcaggtcagaatggagatgaaaagcagaatattgtagcccgcaagattg 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 .......a.................................................... -------+---------------------------------------------------- nucleotides 1021 - 1080 1 tgaagatgactaagcagcctgcaaaaaagaagcctcctccttcccgggaaaagaaagtca 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ................n........................................... 5 ............................................................ ----------------+------------------------------------------- nucleotides 1081 - 1140 1 ccaggacaatcttggctattctgttggctttcatcatcacttgggccccatacaatgtca 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ............................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------ nucleotides 1141 - 1200 1 tggtgctcattaacaccttttgtgcaccttgcatccccaacactgtgtggacaattggtt 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ............................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------ nucleotides 1201 - 1260 1 actggctttgttacatcaacagcactatcaaccctgcctgctatgcactttgcaatgcca 2 ............................................................ 3 ....................................................t....... 4 ....................................................t....... 5 ....................................................t....... ----------------------------------------------------+------- nucleotides 1261 - 1320 1 ccttcaagaagacctttaaacaccttctcatgtgtcattataagaacataggcgctacaa 2 ............................................................ 3 ............................................................ 4 ............................................................ 5 ............................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------ nucleotides 1321 - 1332 1 ggtaaaa----- 2 ............ 3 .......tatct 4 ............ 5 ............ -------+++++