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Depict the DNA of an animal that is closest to human DNA.


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DNA:

  1. Every cell in the body of a living organism contains deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA.
  2. It is the self-replicating material that passes on hereditary traits from one generation to the next.
  3. Humans share about 99% of our DNA with chimpanzees, making them our closest living ancestors.
  4. Bonobos are also closest to humans and are very similar to chimpanzees.
  5. In DNA comparisons between humans and animals, researchers have found that humans share more DNA with monkeys than they do with other mammals.

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