21 SEP 2011 by ideonexus
1.5 Percent Gene Difference Translates to Thousands of Pr...
But recent work shows that our genetic resemblance to our evolutionary
cousins is not quite as close as we thought. Consider this. A
1.5 percent difference in protein sequence means that when we line up
the same protein (say, hemoglobin) of humans and chimps, on average
we’ll see a difference at just one out of every 100 amino acids. But
proteins are typically composed of several hundred amino acids. So a
1.5 percent difference in a protein 300 amino acids long translates into
about four di... 1 
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notesThe analogy is made that if you change 1 percent of the words you change much more than 1 percent of the sentences, and the same applies to the genetic drift between humans and chimps.
