The Ability to Use Biochemical Data to Form Phylogenetic Trees

question 41

Multiple Choice

The ability to use biochemical data to form phylogenetic trees is based on the assumption that

• A)all life uses the same sequences of DNA.
• B)there are no mutations in DNA.
• C)amino acids are unrelated to evolution.
• D)protein and DNA sequences undergo similar rates of divergence through time.

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