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Many Fossils Are Mineralized and No Longer Contain DNA

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Many fossils are mineralized and no longer contain DNA.You find three mineralized fossils representing different species.In the absence of DNA,how can you determine which two are more closely related to each other than they are to the third?


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Live-virus Vaccines

Vaccines that contain a version of the living virus that has been weakened so that it does not cause the disease in people with normal immune systems.

Weakened Viruses

Viruses that have been attenuated (reduced in virulence) for use in vaccines, allowing the immune system to develop immunity without causing the disease.

Immune Response

The body's defensive reaction to foreign substances or organisms, involving recognition and destruction.

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