Some DNA Facts

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 Some DNA Facts



1. Even though it codes for all the information that makes up an organism, DNA is built using only four building blocks, the nucleotides adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine.

2. Every human being shares 99.9% of their DNA with every other human.1�

3. If you put all the DNA molecules in your body end to end, the DNA would reach from the Earth to the Sun and back over 600 times (100 trillion times six feet divided by 92 million miles).

4. Humans share 60% of genes with fruit flies, and 2/3 of those genes are known to be involved in cancer.

5. You share 98.7% of your DNA in common with chimpanzees and bonobos.

6. If you could type 60 words per minute, eight hours a day, it would take approximately 50 years to type the human genome.

7.You also share 85% of your DNA with a mouse, 40% with a fruitfly, and 41% with a banana.

8. Friedrich Miescher discovered DNA in 1869, although scientists did not understand DNA was the genetic material in cells until 1943. Prior to that time.

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