Humans and chimpanzees share roughly how much DNA?

Question: Humans and chimpanzees share roughly how much DNA?
- Keywords:
  DNA,
  genetics,
  human
Asked by pack1red on 19 Mar 2024.
- Fiona Grimson answered on 19 Mar 2024:
  
  Overall we share a lot – many sources put it around 99%. Lots of animals and plants have a lot of the same DNA that contains the code to make proteins for instance and build cells. But the small differences are very important.