[deleted] OP t1_irj09y4 wrote on October 8, 2022 at 4:09 PM

Reply to comment by TomatoOverall1679 in How do scientists determine what genes are responsible for certain traits/attributes? by [deleted]

How do we know how accurate the sites are and which one is more accurate than another?. If they all use different methods to gather their data?. Also assuming that the statement "mice's DNA are 95% similar to humans" is true, what does the other 5% account for and are missing anything by not having that extra 5%?.

TomatoOverall1679 t1_irnitcb wrote on October 9, 2022 at 4:48 PM

There is no way of knowing how accurate the research is at those sites or any other site. one can only hope, wish and pray that the scientist/ceo's are honest....

That said, a meta study was conducted back in 2015 and found that over 60% of all biomedical research could not be repeated any ways. Some argue this is because of fraud on the part of the researcher , or just the inability to geting the equipment to repeat the study. Regardless its not good for science . its arguably not science if no one can repeat the study. Its just becomes statistical noise and makes research that more difficult.

Regarding mice dna similarity to human dna. Some recent research indicates that percentage could be as low as 70% . just depends on who you ask and what criteria was used to get the numbers. But as more research is done it seems the percentage is going down.

The other 5- 30% of dna that is not identical to human is unknown or not understood. But im sure its important for the mouse to have:)