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Podcast: Evolution Talk
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99%
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:17:38
Publish Date: 2015-08-17 05:00:03
Description:

If you’ve ever wondered why mice have been, and continue to be, science’s favorite research tools it’s becaus we are a lot a like. Yes, that little four legged furry bundle of whiskers and pink feet shares 99% of its genes with us. 75-80 million years ago that 99% was 100%. That was when our most recent common ancestor walked the earth. That ancestor split off into different directions. One lineage led to and the other led to mice.
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