Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 19.2, Problem 3CC
Summary Introduction
To determine:
How many amino acid differences occur between the following pairs:
rhesus and green monkeys,
Congo puffer fish and European flounder,
rhesus monkey and
Congo puffer fish
Also, analyze the evolutionary relationship among these 4 species.
Introduction:
Evolutionary relationships can be understood on the basis of the gene sequences. Since the replication machinery in
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