What Single Feature, Shared by All Organisms, Allows Scientists to Compare

question 23

Multiple Choice

What single feature, shared by all organisms, allows scientists to compare distantly related living organisms?

• A) most recent common ancestor
• B) universal ancestor
• C) most recent common lineage
• D) DNA

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