Refer to the Figure Showing a Single Viral Plaque That

question 163

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure showing a single viral plaque that was split every 400 generations and grown in the presence of a mutagen. Based on this tree, which statement is true?

• A) Lineage A should have evolved fewer differences from the outgroup than any other lineage.
• B) Lineage D should have evolved more differences from lineage C than from lineage E.
• C) Lineage H should have evolved about as many differences from lineage F as it has from lineage B.
• D) Lineage G should have evolved more differences from the outgroup than from any other lineage.
• E) Lineage A should have evolved as many differences from the outgroup as lineage F has from the outgroup.

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