What does it mean when scientists say that living organisms share a universal genetic code?

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anonymous · Answer

http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/4fabed77e4b059b524f79d68 Can you elaborate more on this? @Australopithecus

nathalyn · Answer

All living organisms have a shared ancestor deep in the past, so all living organisms are related to some degree. We might share 99.8% DNA with chimps, but we also share maybe (just a guess, I don't remember the exact number) 24% DNA with lettuce. If all living organisms are related, than their genetic code is universal - one and the same for all organisms.

anonymous · Answer

@Mehek14

anonymous · Answer

@NathalyN That's copy and pasted form a Yahoo post lol

anonymous · Answer

I know that it's on the basis of a DNA… however I'm not sure how to word it

mehek14 · Answer

me neither

anonymous · Answer

Okay! Thanks anyway though haha :)

anonymous · Answer

When scientists say that living organisms share a universal genetic code they mean that all organisms share similar DNA.

anonymous · Answer

The scientist means that all living organisms share a genetic code which all living organisms have a genetic code. Like Humans, animals , and other species have genetic codes and DNA