This confuses me. I find it highly unlikely the average human shares more genes with a chimpanzee than another human and even more unlikely that siblings only share 50% of their genes.
probability estimates (statement is true):
I am going to research this.
EDIT: findings:
Researching an an actual number is exceeding difficult. About 50% of the pages are non-secular websites (this may be my non-optimized google searching). The rest are a mix between technical articles and articles formatted for the average human (average being living in a English speaking and developed nations).
99% genetic similarity to a chimpanzee
Mostly correct. Estimates range between 95%^[1] and 98.8%^[2]
Incorrect. Estimates are at 0.1%^[1]. I did not notice other numbers.
Incorrect as you stated it (comparing total gene dissimilarity). You might want to reword it since you were probably comparing what percentage of gene can be attributed to a parent.
[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC129726/ [2] http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics
This confuses me. I find it highly unlikely the average human shares more genes with a chimpanzee than another human and even more unlikely that siblings only share 50% of their genes.
It puzzles me as well. I believe the answer is that there are multiple concepts of "shared genes", but I have never been clear what they are.
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