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Chimp genetic code opens human frontiers

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Chimp genetic code opens human frontiers
Genome comparison reveals many similarities — and crucial differences

By Alan Boyle
Science editor
MSNBC

Scientists unleashed a torrent of studies comparing the genetic coding for humans and chimpanzees on Wednesday, reporting that 96 percent of our DNA sequences are identical. Even more intriguingly, the other 4 percent appears to contain clues to how we became different from our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, they said.

More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9136200/

Just think, someday, we may even have a chimp as President!

No, wait . . .

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