Use the Diagram to Answer the Next Question Fossil

question 22

Multiple Choice

Use the diagram to answer the next question Fossil evidence indicates that modern whales and other cetaceans (dolphins and porpoises) are closely related to even-toed ungulates (hippopotamuses, pigs, deer, and cows) . Which of the following predictions would you make if you wanted to test this idea using the amino acid sequence of hemoglobin?

• A) Hemoglobin sequences of whales will be more similar to dogs than to hippopotamuses.
• B) Hemoglobin sequences of whales will be more similar to gorillas than to hippopotamuses.
• C) Hemoglobin sequences of whales will be more similar to hippopotamuses than to horses.
• D) Hemoglobin sequences of whales will be more similar to hippopotamuses than to a fossil common ancestor of all even-toed ungulates (assume we can discover the amino acid sequence from a fossil).

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