http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/10/21/scienceink-on-studio-360-this-weekend/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/10/21/scienceink-on-studio-360-this-weekend/#comment-17063 chuck catlett Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:13:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5091#comment-17063 I sent the neanderthal gene article to my molecular biologist son - he said " so we share genes with neanderthals, big deal since we share genes with snails". So what does it mean to share genes? If we share 95% of our genes with chimps, but every human's genes are unique, what the heck are we talking about? Alleles? I sent the neanderthal gene article to my molecular biologist son – he said ” so we share genes with neanderthals, big deal since we share genes with snails”. So what does it mean to share genes? If we share 95% of our genes with chimps, but every human’s genes are unique, what the heck are we talking about? Alleles?

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