When DNA Sequences Are Compared, the Closet Living Relative of Humans

question 42

True/False

When DNA sequences are compared, the closet living relative of humans is found to be the gorilla.

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Definitions:

Sodium Carbonate

A white, water-soluble salt used widely in manufacturing glass, soaps, and detergents, and as a water softener.

Multiple Proportions

A law stating that when elements combine, they do so in ratios of small whole numbers (part of the foundation of stoichiometry).

Multiple Proportions

This is a law stating that when two elements combine to form more than one compound, the masses of one element that combine with a fixed mass of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers.

Different Ratios

Proportions or comparative quantities of elements or components in a mixture or compound.