EBK HUMAN BIOLOGY
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Author: MCMILLAN
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 23, Problem 5SQ
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Introduction: In comparative biochemistry, DNA, RNA, and proteins are compared between fossil and modern-day organisms or between modern-day organisms in order to establish their ancestry and relatedness.
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1. Which is a more definite characteristic to show relatedness of two organisms?
A. Similarity in development
B. Similarity in courting behavior
2. Why do organisms with close biochemical similarities show stronger evolutionary
relationships?
A. They have varied and different ancestry.
B. They have a common ancestor and have the same kind of proteins.
C. They possess same vestigial structure that made their evolutionary.
D. They have similar patterns during their early stages of development.
C. Similarity in structure
D. Similarity in genomic DNA
Given the sources of evidence, explain precisely how it supports evolution.
B. Fossil
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The image above (i.e., Figure A in the supplemental file) depicts which type of evolutionary
event?
a. Anagenesis
b. Cladogenesis
c. Macroevolution
d. Both A & C
e. Both B & C
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