Differences in amino acid composition of the protein cytochrome c obtained from a variety of organisms on the evolutionary scale. (From Atlas of Protein Sequence and Structure, 1967-1968, by Margaret Dayhoff and Richard V. Eck. Washington, D.C. National Biomedical Research

 

Organism

Number of differences in amino acid sequence

Distance from humans on the basis of "traditional" taxonomy

Humans

0

 

Monkey

1

Same order (Primates), but different family (not Hominidae)

Pig
Horse
Dog
Rabbit

10
12
11
9

Same class (Mammalia) but different order (not Primates)

Chicken, turkey
Duck

13
11

Same phylum (Chordata), but different class (Not Mammalia), but they ARE homeothermic.

Rattlesnake
Turtle

Tuna

14
15

21

Same phylum (Chordata) but different classes (not mammalia), and these are poikilothermic

Moth

31

Same Kingdom (Animalia), but different phylum (not Chordata)

Candida

51

Different kingdom (***Fungi***)