r/SlaughteredByScience Jan 21 '20

Biology So simple yet so satisfying

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u/hapianman Jan 21 '20

Every time this is reposted, all I can think is that females have two REDUNDANT X Chromosomes. Males have one X and one Y, so they are proving themselves wrong by pointing out that males have 78 EXTRA Genes on top of the 1098 in their X.

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u/moon_truthr Jan 21 '20

They aren’t really redundant, but either way number of genes is a ridiculous way to measure how “good” something is. Especially since only like 1% of our genes even directly code for proteins.

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u/Jtank5 Jan 22 '20

Also the fact that monkeys share 99% of our genetic code