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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Human Females share more DNA with Chimpanzee Females than with human males?

drpat said...: Humans share 98% of their DNA with Chimps (of the same sex).
Humans share 93% of their DNA with mice, and 87% with shellfish.
Therefore, can we say that a shellfish is less than 7 times more distant from a human than a chimp is? Or that a mouse is only twice as distant?

Meanwhile, "human" DNA is only the DNA for 10% of the cells in our body. 90% of the cells are bacteria. And the DNA in a human cell has more DNA coding for viruses than it does for human proteins.

Mix and match these numbers to prove anything you like. Eg. A northern European is more closely related to a Swiss cheese than to a Masai tribesman.; November 8, 2012 at 8:54 PM
Aretae said...: Dr. Pat,

Thanks. That's 1 compelling vote for incoherent, but useful to confuse folks in arguments.; November 8, 2012 at 9:42 PM

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