Which of the Following Statements Regarding the Evolutionary History of an Organism

question 32

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding the evolutionary history of an organism is FALSE?

• A) Predictions of evolutionary relatedness based on fossil records often agree with predictions based on continental drift.
• B) Predictions of evolutionary relatedness based on fossil evidence often agree with those based on protein sequences.
• C) Predictions of evolutionary relatedness based on DNA usually contradict those based on anatomical evidence.
• D) Predictions based on DNA sequences provide the strongest evidence that two organisms are related.

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Velocity

A measurement of both the speed and direction at which an object is moving.

Variety

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