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 |
10 |
Same class (Mammalia) but different order (not Primates) |
|
Chicken, turkey |
13 |
Same phylum (Chordata), but different class (Not Mammalia), but they ARE homeothermic. |
|
Rattlesnake Tuna |
14 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***) |