In my sociology class last year my professor told me that the difference between Black people, White people, Hispanic people and all other people really exists in our culture but not in our genetics, which I was happy to agree with. In this lecture, she cited the fact that all humans, regardless of color, are the same species, which is backed by the fact that we share 99.99% of our DNA. Then about three months later an article was published in TIME magazine saying that chimpanzees and humans' DNA are 99% alike.
And I’m aware of the XY and XX chromosome difference in our sex cells, but its been awhile since I’ve taken biology, and I’m curious to know the DNA differences between men and women, so that I can put the .001% difference in perspective. Men and women have totally different bodies, yet my DNA may correlate more to a Nigerian Woman than to another Caucasian Male, so I wonder, what is the real relevance of DNA, and if it is relevant, do we really understand it?
2007-03-26
11:49:07
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