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Is there anything quite as shared as DNA? You share 99.xxx percent with everyone else. You share a significant portion with other species. Other living things.
by interestica 8y ago
Is there anything quite as shared as DNA? You share 99.xxx percent with everyone else. You share a significant portion with other species. Other living things.
- interestica 8y agoAlso, we can't conflate DNA and one's specific DNA sequence. It's like the majority of the code is GPL.
- pvaldes 8y ago> Is there anything quite as shared as DNA? Music for example. The same poool of musical notes in 100% of compositions. Just arranged in different ways, like DNA
- ekianjo 8y agoCompletely wrong analogy. Most genes sequences are completely identical between humans. The differences in genes for specific traits are marginal, percentage wise.
- vonseel 8y agoHmm, I would have guessed differently but I was also an undergrad biology dropout :/ wasn’t concrete enough for me. FWIW I can see where he was coming from.
- pvaldes 8y agoAnd everybody uses a microphone, guitar, bass, keyboard and some kind of cowbell. trebble clef, bass clef, verse, hooks, a chorus, tempo, allegro, presto, bits per minute... completely identical in many songs.