How Does a Molecular Clock Measure Time

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Multiple Choice

How does a molecular clock measure time?

• A) by observing that some genes and other regions of genomes appear to evolve at different rates
• B) by detecting gene irregularities that result from natural selection
• C) by counting the number of nucleotide substitutions over fixed period of time
• D) by using few gene mutations to calibrate the clock

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