Example of how organisms that were previously thought of as related are actually more genetically related to organisms outside t

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Example of how organisms that were previously thought of as related are actually more genetically related to organisms outside t

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zaharov [31] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-19T04:02:13+03:00

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Examples includes the relationships between chimpanzees, gorillas and humans. It is actually believed that the chimpanzees are more closely related to humans. About 99% of ther genome is thought similar to humans while for the gorillas about 98%.

But then, it is thought that chimpanzees and gorillas should be closely related to each other than to humans, but comparison of their genomes has shown that across 15% of the gorillas genome, they share a closer relationship with humans than with chimpanzees.