What it means to share DNA with other organisms

Question

We share 60% of our DNA with bananas, but we are clearly not 60% banana.

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Answer 1

Evolution is lazy if there is no compelling reason to change something it won’t. So, for all the proteins that banana trees make that we humans also need, we don’t (usually) get some special process just for us.

What is scarier is how close we are to Orangutans and Bonobos, like barely a difference in the grand DNA scheme. It does, however, make a HUGE difference in the body plan.