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Educated

by dullhunk

Education, education, education

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Cambridge Science Festival, 12th-25th March 2012
X chromosome on 1193 pages with 154,913,754 bases
The genetic similarities between human individuals are around 99.6%...
Shared traits, humans vs. humans...
Geneticists think neanderthal and human DNA is 99.5% similar...
Shared traits, humans vs. neanderthals (no waist, big face)
So far, only specific protein sequences have been compared between frogs and humans, showing more than 65% similarity
Shared traits, humans vs. western clawed frogs
At the level of genes or regions of DNA about 90% of the mouse genome can be lined up with human DNA
Shared traits, humans vs. mouse (mice get diabetes but aren't as "brainy")
Where the sequences line up, the similarity between human and macaque DNA is around 93%
Shared traits, humans vs rhesus macaque (hey bro!)
Where sequences line up, the similarity between humans and chimpanzees is almost 99%
Shared traits, humans vs. chimpanzee
Geneticists think that the malaria parasite shares 17% of its proteins with humans
Shared traits, humans vs malaria parasites
At the level of genes, about 70-80% of the dog genome lines up with human DNA
Shared traits, humans vs dogs
This is what geneticists think: "Scientists have not yet supplied us with this data"
Shared traits, humans and armadillos (armadillos can have genetically identical quadruplets)
Geneticists think nematode worms share 29% of their proteins with humans
Shared traits, humans and nematode worms (we don't lay eggs)
Relative values, compare humans to other organisms
Scientists have not yet supplied us with this data...
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