Top heavy, tall, short, naked or hairy: shaping a plant

Plants are very much different to us, yet we share many things with them including our planet. The similarities between plants and us doesn’t end here; our cells also have many things in common. Both plant and animal cells have numerous specialist cellular compartments that perform a particular function. Like all things alive, DNA codes are the same in animals and plants. Intriguingly, we’re also somewhat genetically similar to plants — our DNA is approximately 60% similar to a banana.