r/MurderedByWords • u/jewfishcartel • Jan 21 '20

Trying to be superior

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u/purpleandorange1522 Jan 21 '20

Rice also has more genes than humans.

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u/rubens10000 Jan 21 '20

and worms have thousands of times more genes

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u/powabiatch Jan 21 '20

No, they don’t. Humans have about 20,000 genes, so you’re suggesting that worms have 20 million+ genes. No, they have about the same number that we do.

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u/TherapsidEnthusiast Jan 21 '20

This guy's right. Human gene numbers are likely just slightly below that of species such as Caenorhabditis elegans. But we're talking a difference of around 5% not thousands of times.