Actin thin filaments and myosin II thick filaments assemble into contractile structures.

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Use different parts of the genome to estimate different parts of a phylogeny.

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Rates of molecular evolution vary among DNA sites, among genes, and among lineages of organisms.

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Second positions most slowly evolve.

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Use more rapidly evolving parts of the genome to estimate phylogenies in the recent past. More slowly evolving parts for deeper evolutionary time.

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Radiation- Several species arise from a common ancestor over a short time

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Phylogenetic relationships among species in a radiation are difficult to determine for two related reasons.                                                                 

a. During the short time between two successive speciation events, few new mutations are fixed.                                                                               

b. Incomplete lineage sorting may occur during rapid diversification.