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Old 02-29-2008, 05:12 PM   #118
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Originally Posted by MTron View Post
im not sure if you were trying to be serious or not, but ill just assume you were.....you are not 99% like any of your parents, as far as genomic similarity goes, you get 50% of you genes from ur mom and the other 50 from your dad. So if your were to get a DNA test done, and compare them, you would share exactly 50% of your genetic markers with either of your parents, and on average, siblings are 50% related as well
however, all humans are share over 99% of our DNA. Or something like that. So his statement is technically true.

As far as there being different blocks, I don't know enough about the specific differences to really comment. 3whiterag would be able to clear things up. As a few others would too
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