Which Statement About Molecular Clocks Is True

question 70

Multiple Choice

Which statement about molecular clocks is true?

• A) They can give an average rate of change in an amino acid sequence.
• B) They can only be used to date very ancient events.
• C) When different proteins are compared, the slope of the plotted line representing the average rate of divergence is the same for all proteins.
• D) They do not show the timing of splits between lineages.
• E) They cannot predict the order in which evolutionary lineages diverged.

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