Genetic breakthrough that reveals the differences between humans

[kristine]

Genetic breakthrough that reveals the differences between humans
Scientists hail genetic discovery that will change human understanding

By Steve Connor, Science Editor

Scientists have discovered a dramatic variation in the genetic make-up of humans that could lead to a fundamental reappraisal of what causes incurable diseases and could provide a greater understanding of mankind.

The discovery has astonished scientists studying the human genome - the genetic recipe of man. Until now it was believed the variation between people was due largely to differences in the sequences of the individual " letters" of the genome.

It now appears much of the variation is explained instead by people having multiple copies of some key genes that make up the human genome.

Until now it was assumed that the human genome, or "book of life", is largely the same for everyone, save for a few spelling differences in some of the words. Instead, the findings suggest that the book contains entire sentences, paragraphs or even whole pages that are repeated any number of times.

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[afrikanrebel06]

 krstine,i detected some bit of racism when he mention our closest relative the chimpanzees!? come one, you should have question,that article from the get go,who wrote it,this is racist,to say that we came from the monkeys,because even the monkeys demselves wont like dat idea, and in their primal language they will curse the krakkkzozoids for saying that,of couse we ate getetically diffrently, we have melamin and krakkozoids dont,,we are not the same as,chinese and others, hindus,are aryan descedants,we have to strive to kill to the krakkkzoid from within. in order to kill the krakkozoid from without, becausae arabs and europrans are the ones that named the continent AFRICA,which means land of the monkeys,ask urself,why they call it the dark continent