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The kangaroo genome has now been mapped, and it looks like humans and kangaroos have a lot in common<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scientists said they had for the first time mapped the genetic code of the Australian marsupials and found much of it was similar to the genome for humans, the government-backed Center of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics said.<\/p>\n

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“We thought they’d be completely scrambled, but they’re not. There is great chunks of the human genome which is sitting right there in the kangaroo genome,” Graves said, according to AAP.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The kangaroo genome has now been mapped, and it looks like humans and kangaroos have a lot in common. Scientists said they had for the first time mapped the genetic code of the Australian marsupials and found much of it … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-cM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":636,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=636","url_meta":{"origin":792,"position":0},"title":"New Evidence For Evolutionary Link Between Single-celled And Multi-celled Organisms","author":"Jonathan Smith","date":"July 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0What do humans and single-celled choanoflagellates have in common? 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