Which of the Following Statements About the Evolutionary Relatedness of Organisms

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the evolutionary relatedness of organisms is FALSE?

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

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