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Scientists have unraveled the DNA for a monkey called the rhesus macaque. The monkey will help test medicines and help us understand diseases like AIDS.The scientists have discovered that some of the rhesus macaque have diseases like AIDS but they are normal.This monkey is the third primate species to have it's genome completed. Humans and monkeys have highly similar DNA. Humans and the macaque share 93 percent of DNA. Even though the macaque share most if our DNA they still have some differences. If we test medicines on them it might work for them but if might make us sick. For more information go to New monkey gene map may hold human clues