The Rate of Accumulation of Mutations in Homologous Nucleic Acids

question 3

Multiple Choice

The rate of accumulation of mutations in homologous nucleic acids or proteins over time may be sufficiently constant on average to permit

• A) dating of divergence times by a molecular clock.
• B) identification of cases of homology.
• C) use of sequences in molecular phylogeny.
• D) all of the above.
• E) none of the above.

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