To Determineconclusively That the 13 Galápagos Finch Species Are Descended

question 65

Multiple Choice

To determineconclusively that the 13 Galápagos finch species are descended from a common ancestor, biologists utilized ____.

• A)Darwin's notebooks describing his observations
• B)comparative molecular biology ​
• C)comparative embryology
• D)Mendelian genetics
• E)modern historical biogeography and Darwin's observations

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