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2005-07-25 Britain

British Have Changed Little Since Ice Age, Gene Study Says

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Posted by anonymous5089 2005-07-25 08:12|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm trying to remember who it was who said we share 97% of our genome with chimpanzees, and 70% of our genome with lettuce...

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-07-25 13:55|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-07-25 13:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Depends on into how small pieces you break the chain for recombination. The procentages are entirely arbitrary and are meaningless. One may say that if we break DNS into its basic aminoacid building blocks, then the match with lettuce would be even closer. ;-)

Posted by twobyfour 2005-07-25 23:09|| 2005-07-25 23:09|| Front Page Top

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