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

We are 60% banana, and banana is roughly 60% human. It’s just that the other 40% is enough to differentiate us from a banana.

When we say we share 60% of DNA with a banana, it means when you sequence out our DNA and a banana’s DNA, 60% of them match