Friday, September 22, 2006

98.5%

Huh?

21 strands, 64 codons, 4 base pairs, and 1,600 genomes - it all adds up to create 1.3 billion possible arrangements - and we are only 1.5% different than a chimp.

Therefore, our DNA matches our fuzzy friends by 98.5% -- it seems hard to believe that so little difference exists between the two species....until you see some photgraphic evidence:


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