Re: MD MOQ and Human Variation

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Fri Jun 18 2004 - 20:32:54 BST

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    Hi All,

    MSH claims:
    > Chimps and humans DO NOT have the same genes, though they do have
    > many genes in common, approximately 98.5%.

    Nice thing about the Internet. You can always check someone's "facts."

    Reported in Discovery News:

    "May 20, 2003 - Chimpanzees share 99.4 percent of functionally important
    DNA with humans and belong in our genus, Homo, according to a recent
    genetic study.

    "Previous studies put the genetic similarity between humans and chimps at
    95 to 99 percent, so the new figure suggests chimps and humans are even
    more closely related than previously thought.

    "The findings are published in the current Proceedings of the National
    Academy of Sciences."

    Check it out at:

    http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030519/chimp.html

    Best,
    Platt

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