I may be wrong in how I would interpret this.
The comparison with chimps is comparing all the nucleotides in the entire genome including all the non-coding portions.
The comparisons with Neanderthals and modern humans is comparing how many distinct alleles of the actual genes from Neanderthals are also found in modern humans. The numbers are increasing as more Neanderthals and humans are sequenced and more similarities are discovered.
ABE: I would bet Taq can explain this.
Edited by Tanypteryx, : No reason given.
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