Refer to the Table

question 18

Essay

Refer to the table. The table which shows the divergence times (time since last common ancestor) between different species of butterflies and the numbers of changes that have occurred at two different genes.Explain how the data show that the gene for cytochrome oxidase is not evolving in accordance with the molecular clock principle.

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