To Determine Conclusively That the 15 Galápagos Finch Species Are

question 47

Multiple Choice

To determine conclusively that the 15 Galápagos finch species are descended from a common ancestor, biologists could most effectively use ____.

• 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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