[bohm]

Which is interesting considering we share about 85% of our genome with Zebra Fish.

[e_modad]

Source? That sounds a little high.

[bohm]

From memory, but maybe a slight overstatement:

http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/article01036.html

70 per cent of protein-coding human genes are related to genes found in the zebrafish (Danio rerio), and 84 per cent of genes known to be associated with human disease have a zebrafish counterpart.