Re: virus: Races
Dan Plante (danp@CS347838-A.gvcl1.bc.wave.home.com)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:10:59 -0700
At 09:08 AM 6/16/98 -0400, Eric Boyd wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>Paul Prestopnik <pjp66259@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> wrote:
>> Correct me if I am misinformed, but I thought that we shared
>> 98% of our DNA with other primates, how can there be 15% genetic
>> variation between two humans?
>
>Now that you mention it, I remember that too. I wonder if it's possible if
>both could be correct? Perhaps a little reseach is in order.
>
>ERiC
I've come across those stats too, but I haven't seen anything that
provided more detail regarding how they were qualified. I just
assume that the 95% refers to transcribable (i.e non-"junk", non-telomeric,
etc.) sequences that do not change from one individual to another within
the species (the sequences that code for eye color would not be included,
but the sequences for a receptor protein would be). Just guessing.
Dan