Genetics Facts

 
 

Humans share genes with bananas.

Chimps share 98% of their genes with humans.

Two-thirds of all humans die for reasons connected with the genes they carry.

If stretched out,the DNA from a single human cell would measure approximately six feet in length.

If all of the DNA contained within the cells of a human being was stretched out,it would reach to the Moon and back eight thousand times.

The genetic code of a human consists of around 3000,000,000 letters.
 
 


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