1. The Human Genome Project has demonstrated that in humans of all races and nationalities approximately 99.9 percent of the genome sequence is the same, yet different individuals can be identified by DNA fingerprinting techniques. a. What is one primary variation in the human genome that can be used to distinguish different individuals?

1. The Human Genome Project has demonstrated that in humans of all races and nationalities approximately 99.9 percent of the genome sequence is the same, yet different individuals can be identified by DNA fingerprinting techniques. a. What is one primary variation in the human genome that can be used to distinguish different individuals?

Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter19: Genomes And Proteomes

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