The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Has Advanced Our Understanding of Systematics

question 94

Multiple Choice

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has advanced our understanding of systematics because it allows for ____.

• A) analysis of morphological traits
• B) analysis of small amounts of DNA from museum specimens and fossils
• C) the reconstruction of entire individuals from a small amount of DNA
• D) the reconstruction of entire individuals from a small amount of RNA
• E) the analysis of an entire genome from a small fossil fragment

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