Clues to Evolutionary Relationships Are Provided by Differences in DNA

question 48

Multiple Choice

Clues to evolutionary relationships are provided by differences in DNA sequences resulting from ____.

• A) insertions only
• B) deletions only
• C) substitutions only
• D) both insertions and deletions
• E) insertions, deletions, and substitutions

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Definitions:

Conditional Operator

A ternary operator in programming that evaluates a condition and returns one of two values depending on whether the condition is true or false.

Arguments

Values passed to a function or method when it is called, which are used within the function to perform operations or calculations.

Switch Statement

A control statement in programming that allows the execution of different parts of code based on the value of a variable.

If Statement

A conditional statement in programming that executes a block of code only if a specified condition is true.