Saturday Genetics Quiz #6: How many genes do you and your relatives share?
This week’s question: How many genes do you share with:
a) Your children, parents, and siblings?
b) Your aunts and uncles, grandparents, half siblings, and nieces and nephews?
c) Your cousins and great-grandparents?
Answers:
a) You share 50% of your genes with your children, parents and siblings, who are considered your first-degree relatives.
b) You share 25% of your genes with your aunts and uncles, grandparents, half siblings, and nieces and nephews, who are considered your second-degree relatives.
c) You share 12.5% of your genes with your cousins and great-grandparents, who are considered your third-degree relatives.
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2 opinions for Saturday Genetics Quiz #6: How many genes do you and your relatives share?
razib
Aug 13, 2005 at 2:11 am
shouldn’t it be <i>expect</i> to share? :)
Lei
Aug 13, 2005 at 2:12 am
Razib, I supposed based on my previous post on paternity tests ( http://www.aboutweblogs.com… ), it should be! :P
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