corner-of-the-forest reblogged your photo: The difference between chimps and humans. (by Dan…
.. hehe techically..we have the exact same amino acids in our DNA as chimpanzees. Right? O_o
We don’t have any amino acids IN our DNA. But our DNA codes for the same amino acids and we use the same twenty to build our proteins as everything other living thing on Earth*.
*except for in some parts of synthetic biology, for those of you are are detail sticklers.
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daulapeen said:
This reminded me of the time my nutrition teacher back in high school said that margarine was just one molecule away from plastic. It didn’t dawn on me until a few years ago that every compound is one molecule away from plastic!
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