What % of DNA is 'unique' in a child?

Subject: What % of DNA is 'unique' in a child?

Date: Tue Nov 21 13:34:24 2000
Posted by Miss Poppy
Grade level: No grade entered. School: n/a
City: Hollywood State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Genetics
ID: 974831664.Ge

Message:


What percentage of DNA is 'unique' in a child, compared to its 
mother?

I've heard people say that a fetus has 'unique' DNA completely 
different from its parents. I have a hunch that the percentage of 
'uniqueness' might be less than 100%.

I've done general searches here and on the web and the closest 
answer I can find is the percentage of difference between humans 
and chimps, which seems to hover around 3%.

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