Re: Part 1 (of 3): What are major aspects of evolutionary theory?

John Harshman <jharshman.diespamdie@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> > I was expecting something like 90% would
> > be aligned across all five genomes, orders of magnitude more. Is that
> > hundred thousands guess just for *known* sequences among the very few
> > gibbon and orangutan parts that have been sequenced to date?
>
> I have no idea what you're trying to ask here. The guess is for
> homologous sequences that have been sequenced for all five species.
> There being no gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon genome projects, you
> shouldn't expect 90% of any of those genomes to have been sequenced.

Note: orang sequencing is just about finished, and gorilla sequencing
is starting, so there should be more genomes soon.

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