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You share about 50% of your DNA with a banana, but what surprising organism do you share roughly 70% with?

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You share about 50% of your DNA with a banana, but what surprising organism do you share roughly 70% with?

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You share about 50% of your DNA with a banana, but what surprising organism do you share roughly 70% with?
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