More clues about why chimps and humans are genetically different
Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 17:30
in Biology & Nature
Ninety-six percent of a chimpanzee's genome is the same as a human's. It's the other 4 percent, and the vast differences, that pique the interest of Georgia Tech's Soojin Yi. For instance, why do humans have a high risk of cancer, even though chimps rarely develop the disease?