Jared DeSimone

Mechanical Engineering // Class of 2027

Are bananas our long-lost cousins? The secrets genomes hold

Many people have likely heard that humans are 98% related to chimps, but would you guess that we also share 50 to 60% of our genes with bananas? This surprising overlap is the result of billions of years of evolution from an ancient common ancestor. While humans and bananas have acquired different structures and functions, […]

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