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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)

15th Edition

ISBN:9781337408332

Author:Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Publisher:Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Chapter15: Studying And Manipulating Genomes

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Problem 5SQ: A set of cells that host various DNA fragments collectively representing an organisms entire set of...

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Shown above are three possible phylogenetic trees for species I, II and III reconstructed based on the 4-nucleotide DNA sequences given in the righthand table. In every tree, each hatchmark on a branch represents a single base-change event. The most parsimonious tree would be -

A. Both X and Y.

B. X.

C. Y.

D. Both Y and Z.

E. Z.

II
HIII
X
I
III
HIII
Y
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III
HII
HII
Z
Species I
Species II
Species III
Ancestral sequence
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1
2 3
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T
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C
T
T
AG
A
A G T
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T
C
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T

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