When symptoms are present, diagnosing the presence of osteophytes is a combination of a clinical exam of the joints and x-rays. Once the presence of osteophytes is confirmed, the treatment will depend on the severity of the disease.
While the genetic difference between individual humans today is minuscule â about 0.1%, on average â study of the same aspects of the chimpanzee genome indicates a difference of about 1.2%. The bonobo (Pan paniscus), which is the close cousin of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), differs from humans to the same degree.
1 Genes are the different parts of the DNA that decide the genetic traits a person is going to have. 2  Alleles are the different sequences on the DNA-they determine a single characteristic in an individual. 3  Another important difference between the two is that alleles occur in pairs.