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Re: Human = 98% Chimp?
Jack Davis (ifjed@nmsua.nmsu.edu)
Tue, 14 Mar 1995 01:16:01 GMT
In article <tlathropD5CrF0.4us@netcom.com> tlathrop@netcom.com (Tom Lathrop) writes:
>From: tlathrop@netcom.com (Tom Lathrop)
>Subject: Human = 98% Chimp?
>Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 00:16:11 GMT
>Can somebody explain in detail the oft repeated claim that human beings
>share 98% of their DNA with Chimpanzees? I had seen it so often in so
>many places that I just assumed it must be true, and that it referred
>to 98% of the entire genome, but somebody called me on it and said that
>it only referred to certain blood proteins (or something like that),
>and I realized I didn't know where that number came from, or exactly
>what it meant. I know the basics pretty well, so please make any
>explanation as complete as possible. If you can direct me to any
>published material (or to a more appropriate newsgroup) that would be
>appreciated as well.
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>Tom Lathrop | Politics: A strife of interests masquerading
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Some human blood proteins, such as hemoglobin, only differ from their
analogous chimp proteins by one amino acid.
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