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Ok, that explains a lot, because my imagination was going wild with these 2 things: According to the article: Preliminary results from NASA's Twins Study revea
by koonsolo 9y ago
Ok, that explains a lot, because my imagination was going wild with these 2 things:
According to the article: Preliminary results from NASA's Twins Study reveal that 7% of astronaut Scott Kelly's genes did not return to normal after his return to Earth two years ago.
According to my memory, and now looked it up: Chimps and bonobos in particular take pride of place as our nearest living relatives, sharing approximately 99 percent of our DNA, with gorillas trailing at 98 percent.
Good thing they put a picture in the article of the guy, haha.
- grondilu 9y ago> According to my memory, and now looked it up: Chimps and bonobos in particular take pride of place as our nearest living relatives, sharing approximately 99 percent of our DNA, with gorillas trailing at 98 percent. I thought of that as well while reading about the 7% they mention, but then I assumed they were talking about 7% of the genes that are specific to human kind.
- vkou 9y agoIndeed. If 7% of your genome were replaced with something else, it would be incredibly unlikely that you would still be alive.
- grondilu 9y agoThough now that I think about it, if 7% of the human-specific genome was changed, then it must mean that 7% of the rest was changed too. I mean it's not like cosmic particles specifically target human genes, is it?