What are your estimates of how different are we from chimps... 1 per cent? But Just as humans seem to be 0.3 per cent genetically different from one another, and not 0.1 per cent, we may be 3 per cent and not 1 per cent different from chimps.
A new genetic map written by an international research team has forced a fundamental rethink of how genes work and has already made a difference in diagnosing some genetic diseases.
The genetic differences between individual human beings are much greater than previously thought, according to research that offers a fresh explanation for the unique physical and psychological characteristics of every person.
The new work could be particularly significant for HIV/Aids, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and developmental disorders similar to Down’s syndrome, which can all be affected by the newly identified disparities.
And you would certainly like to know what affects your temperament and behavior. It is the extra variation that also expands the ways in which a person’s DNA profile can affect temperament and behavior. In addition, there may be some connection between pinched blood vessels and missing DNA.
This also brings some relief to those who suffer from the heart defect that can be repaired with surgery, but other conditions will be more difficult to treat. Drugs could be used to enhance or turn down the signals coming from some genes, although the science is in its infancy.Study co-author Martin Somerville, a professor of medical genetics at the University of Alberta, found six cases where a missing strand of DNA corresponds with an identical heart condition. It’s like a bend in a hose in the way of that main vessel.
Via: Cbc
