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Is human DNA identical to all humans?

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"Yes and No, humans share 99.9% of the same genetic material. The .1% is what makes everyone different from one another!"

That .1% isn't actually a difference, it's simply the varying ratio between dormant/active DNA. In other words, everyone has the gene that makes ones skin naturally white or black.

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The DNA sequence in all humans is NOT exactly alike! All DNA in humans have a double helix (spiral staircase) shape and A, T, C, and G bases. The sequences are totally not the same though. If they were, we would all look alike.

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Yes and no. Humans share the same set of genes but not necessarily the same form of those genes. Different forms of genes called alleles allow us to have different traits such as attached earlobes versus unattached earlobes. The same gene codes for earlobes but one form calls for them to be attached but another calla for them to be unattached. If our DNA was totally identical every member of the human race would be identical with every other member.

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We all have the same amount and the same kinds, but are not entirely all the same. If it were, we would all look the same.

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No, every human has a different set of DNA. That is why police can tell the differnece between two people using two different sets of hair.

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No. Everyone's genes are different. That's how God made us.

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No everyones is different

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NO, and that would be really weird, too.

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No

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