Inferences built on the idea that evolutionarily older and younger characters should be found among close relatives if they are linked by evolution has been elaborated into a branch of evolutionary biology known as __________.

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One of the characteristics of retrotransposons is that

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Multigene families are

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Two eukaryotic proteins have one domain in common but are otherwise very different. Which of the following processes is most likely to have contributed to this phenomenon?

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Homeotic genes

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Although quite different in structure, plants and animals share some basic similarities in their development, such as

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Using molecular clock, it was estimated that two species X and Y must have diverged from their common ancestor about 5 x 10^6 years ago. If the rate of divergence per base pair is estimated to be 0.06 per million years, what is the proportion of base pairs that differ between the two species now?