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7. Human beings are our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees, are more than 95%

identical in our overall DNA. Given how much of your DNA you got from each of your
parents, are you more closely related to a chimp or your parents? Explain this apparent
contradiction.

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User Saritha
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Answer:

our parents because that's a direct DNA transfer from 2 to 1. for example a bull frog is more related to its parents than the DNA of a tree frog

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User Pritesh Acharya
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