Hierarchical gene sharing between humans and other groups of creatures
Humans differ
from other Primates, including the Great Apes (Chimps,
Gorillas, and Organutans) by fewer than 1% of their
genes. Humans share an additional 22% with other
vertebrates species, and an aggregate of just under half
with invertebrate species as well. A third of all genes
are common to all eukaryotes.
Figure © 2012 TA Brown, Introduction to Genetics (1st ed.); additional text © 2012 by Steven M. Carr