You Are Evaluating DNA from a Fossil and Hypothesize That

question 62

Multiple Choice

You are evaluating DNA from a fossil and hypothesize that the mother was a Neanderthal and the father was a human.Which of the following would support your hypothesis?

• A)Finding discernable amounts of mitochondrial and nuclear Neanderthal DNA along with nuclear human DNA would support the hypothesis.
• B)Finding discernable amounts of nuclear Neanderthal and human DNA but no mitochondrial Neanderthal DNA would support the hypothesis.
• C)Finding significant amounts of human mitochondrial and nuclear DNA along with some uclear Neanderthal DNA would support the hypothesis.
• D)Finding all of the nuclear DNA to be Neanderthal and all of the mitochondrial DNA to be human would support the hypothesis.

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