Hi all,
As you might expect, there are a number of ways of estimating the amount of
genetic difference between two populations (species, subspecies, races, etc.).
You can look at the genes common to the two populations and look for base-pair
substitutions. When you do that for chimps and
On Aug 16, 2012, at 2:21 PM, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. wrote:
all I can say is this: estimating genetic similarities/differences is
complex, and it will hurt your brain real bad once you start trying to
figure it out. :-)
So of course, I've spent the rest of the day hurting my brain. I doubt
Hi, Chris--
An example of the complexity of the science.
Most of the current articles don't seem to talk about percent overlap.
Nature.
2012 Jun 28;486(7404):527-31.
The bonobo genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes.
Pr=FCfer K
, Munch K, Hellmann I, Akagi K, Miller JR, Walenz B,
That's good, because it doesn't actually make sense in a complex system (just
like proportion of intelligence accounted for by genetics/environment doesn't
make any sense either).
I was just parroting what I had read many, many times before.
Best,
Chris
...
Christopher D Green
Department
On 8/14/2012 10:11 AM, Michael Palij wrote:
In totally unrelated news, the Ars Technica website has an up to date
history of computing from the Altair personal computer to smartphones
with cool pictures of some old technology (why, they even mention the
Timex Sinclair though they only show the
On 2012-08-14, at 11:25 AM, Paul Brandon wrote:
On Aug 14, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Christopher Green wrote:
On 2012-08-14, at 10:11 AM, Michael Palij wrote:
There a few papers causing a lot of discussion among researchers on the
question of whether (a) humans and Neanderthals interbreed or
