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[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And if my maths is correct, you only share on average 12.5% of your DNA with them

[–] mEEGal@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

your math may be wrong, because we have very similar genomes, even compared to complete strangers. hell, even between some species.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Well, yes. I meant in the sense we share on average 50% with each parent/siblings, 25% with grandparents, etc. I should have said genetics instead of DNA.

[–] Knuschberkeks@leminal.space 12 points 2 weeks ago

iirc 90% of dna is the same even between humans and plants. (Don't quote me on that)

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Of the variable alleles, not all DNA

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago

(an ever increasing number of as the reference is constantly revised)