The "Molecular Clock" Is an Interesting Way of Measuring Species

question 9

Multiple Choice

The "molecular clock" is an interesting way of measuring species divergence because

• A) a reliable "molecular clock" would speed up over time.
• B) a reliable "molecular clock" would slow down over time.
• C) it assumes that the more similar the blood proteins of related species, the more recently they diverged.
• D) it measure time which did not exist millions of years ago.

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