
From the Business Performance Innovation Network
Can Management Science Unlock the Corporate Genome?
By: Cedric Tyler, CEO of BusinessGenetics, Inc.
No doubt we have all heard that a chimpanzee’s genetic makeup differs to humans by a factor of some small percentage. According to lead researcher Morris Goodman, at Wayne State University, Detroit, “…99.4% of the most critical DNA sites are identical in human and chimp genes”. Yet clearly there are significant differences between the two species.
Similarly, the base genetic code for many organic substances is highly similar. Literally, comparing apples to oranges (!), reveals that their DNA are remarkably similar (Scott A. Sandford of the NASA Ames Research Center), fueling speculation that it is theoretically feasible to transform an apple into an orange, by means of genetic engineering.
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