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Not the same kind of 99%.. For (fraternal) siblings you'll get around 50% or thereabouts.
by Tor3 8y ago
Not the same kind of 99%..
For (fraternal) siblings you'll get around 50% or thereabouts.
- klmr 8y agoNo, that’s also incorrect. The real number is way higher. They share 50% of alleles, and hence 50% of variants. But a lot of the DNA within two distinct alleles will be identical, except for (say) a single nucleotide difference.
- Tor3 8y agoYes, that's actually what I meant to say.. couldn't remember the right terminology at the time. The point stands though, I think.. the number "99.6%" for identical twins isn't measuring the same as "98.5%" (or so) for humans vs chimps.