Three the SSU RRNA Sequences of 3 Organisms Have Been

question 47

Multiple Choice

Three the SSU rRNA sequences of 3 organisms have been compared.For organisms 1 and 2,two of the twelve nucleotides in the sequence are different.For organisms 1 and 3,six of the twelve nucleotides are different.Which organism has greater evolutionary distance from organism 1?

• A)Organism 2
• B)Organism 3
• C)The evolutionary distance is the same.
• D)Evolutionary distance cannot be predicted from this data.

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