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>> How genetically similar are two random people? Cell Biology by the Numbers --> How genetically similar are two random people? Reader Mode Understanding the similarities and differences among people occupies psychologists, anthropologists, artists, doctors and, of course, many biologists. Even when zooming in on only the genetic differences among people there is a dazzling range of issues to discuss. The day that DNA extracted at a crime scene can lead to a mug shot portrait seems to have already arrived, at least according to a recent publication on modeling 3D facial shape from DNA (P. Cla

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