Banana: more than 60 percent identicalMany of the “housekeeping” genes that are necessary for basic cellular function, such as for replicating DNA, controlling the cell cycle, and helping cells divide are shared between many plants (including bananas) and animals.
Banana: more than 60 percent identicalMany of the “housekeeping” genes that are necessary for basic cellular function, such as for replicating DNA, controlling the cell cycle, and helping cells divide are shared between many plants (including bananas) and animals.
Banana: more than 60 percent identicalMany of the “housekeeping” genes that are necessary for basic cellular function, such as for replicating DNA, controlling the cell cycle, and helping cells divide are shared between many plants (including bananas) and animals.
Some 60% of DNA is shared between humans and bananas, which proves quite well that all organisms share a genetic background. It was also commented that, despite the percentage, this does not mean that humans and bananas are similar in looks or anything remotely close to carrying out similar functions. A large chunk of their shared DNA relates to very basic cell functions: reproduction of cells and production of energy, things life, be it human, animal, or plant cannot survive without. Further explanation elaborated that this shared DNA shows everything on Earth is related with one another through evolution.
It has been explained that human beings share as much as 60% of their DNA with bananas; this is evidence of the genetic commonality of all life. This, it was said, does not infer that humans and bananas are similarly constructed or purposed, even by percentage. The DNA they share is, for the most part, dealing with basic cellular functions, including growth of cells and energy production-pretty much everything needed to keep a living organism alive. Also, according to one of the guests, this similarity in DNA between species points to the interconnectedness of all life on Earth through evolution.
The fact that humans do share a general 60% of their genetic makeup with that of bananas invokes the notion that there is actually a shared genetic heritage across the board in all living organisms. It was further pointed out that this percentage does not imply even from a simplistic viewpoint that humans and bananas are similar in structure or function. Most of the shared DNA deals with simple cellular functions, cell growth, and the production of energy within the cell-functions necessary to keep any living thing alive. It was also said that shared DNA in this way demonstrates quite clearly how life on Earth is all interconnected through its evolution.
