2007-01-09 22:16:37 · 6 answers · asked by flintstone 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Humans share about 50% of their genes in common with any plant, much like the previous poster said.
It's actually important to point out that we don't share 50% of our DNA with plants, anymore than we share 99% of our DNA with chimpanzees. Less than 1% of our DNA actually does anything (our genes). All the rest of the "junk" DNA isn't really shared between species. But out of the 25,000 genes that make up a human being roughly half have a plant counterpart.
2007-01-10 00:52:00 · answer #1 · answered by floundering penguins 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be about the same for any fruit if 50% is the proportion of DNA we share with plants in general. These are the genes necessary for the basic functions of all cells.
2007-01-09 22:27:12 · answer #2 · answered by Charles D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i heard banana. Maybe its all fruit but banana sounds the funniest! oh and we share 98% with chimps.
2007-01-10 00:29:25 · answer #3 · answered by Lydia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
banana
2007-01-13 03:32:53 · answer #4 · answered by Angela O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tomato apparently
2007-01-10 12:25:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
banana!!
2007-01-09 22:27:06 · answer #6 · answered by nononsense 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋