If Many Human Genes Differ in About 10% of Their

question 53

Multiple Choice

If many human genes differ in about 10% of their bases from another species' same genes and substitutions occur at an estimated rate of 2% per one million years,then about _____ years have passed since the two species diverged.

• A) three million
• B) five million
• C) 10 million
• D) 20 million
• E) 200,000

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Definitions:

Democrats

A member or supporter of the Democratic Party, one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

Variance

A measure of how much values in a data set differ from the mean of the data set.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or relationship exists between certain characteristics or variables.

One-way ANOVA

A statistical test that compares the means of three or more independent groups using variance analysis.