GENEius FACTS
1 . There are 37.2 trillion cells in the human body . If unwound and tied together , the strands of DNA in one cell would stretch to nearly six feet . Amazingly , if all the DNA in your body was arranged end to end , it would reach the sun and back close to 230 times ! Or a return trip to Pluto !
2 . We are more alike than different ! The genetic similarity between humans is 99.9 %. Only 0.1 % of our DNA is responsible for the vast variety of physical traits that makes us different from each other . But the differing 0.1 % equates to 3 million differences in DNA .
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3 . Humans share 96 % of their DNA with chimpanzees , 90 % with cats & mice , 75 % with fruit flies & pumpkins , and 60 % with chickens & bananas !
4 . A study into the genetic nature of friendship has found that , on average , close friends are likely to be as genetically related to one another as fourth cousins !
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5 . In 2017 , Scientists from the Data Science Institute at Columbia University and the New York Genome Center were able to convert and sequence six files , including a movie , malware , a computer OS , and a $ 50 Amazon gift card into 72,000 biological strands of DNA .
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