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A comment on The 44 Chromosome Man.

Re:The 44 Chromosome Man by maeon3 on Saturday July 02, 2011 @03:09PM (#2722218)
It is possible that two of his chromosomes fused to become one. Primates have 48 chromosomes and we have 46, the reason this is so is because millions of years ago two primate chromosomes fused to become one, the proof is right there in your DNA, we've even located the source of the recombination, where deactivated chromosome stop codes (telomeres) exist where they don't belong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi8FfMBYCkk

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Re:The 44 Chromosome Man by dangrossman on Saturday July 02, 2011 @03:35PM (#2722276)
That is what this article is about, both the explanation of his 44 chromosomes and the relationship to other primates (including past humans) and their 48. The article even embeds a Ken Miller YouTube video.

You should read (or at least skim!) before commenting.

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Re:The 44 Chromosome Man by maeon3 on Saturday July 02, 2011 @08:15PM (#2722714)
I leapt to the right conclusion without reading the article. I'm a lazy genius! reading through the article I realize they came to the same conclusion I did.
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