] Early molecular comparisons between humans and
] chimpanzees suggested that the species are very similar
] to each other at the nucleotide sequence level%u2014a
] difference of between 1.23% and 5%, Sakaki said. The
] results reported this week showed that "83% of the genes
] have changed between the human and the
] chimpanzee%u2014only 17% are identical%u2014so that means
] that the impression that comes from the 1.2% [sequence]
] difference is [misleading]. In the case of protein
] structures, it has a big effect," Sakaki said.

[ Wow... genetics is hard. -k]