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Which classification system is the most recent?
Which classification system is the most recent?
- Two Kingdoms
- Five Kingdoms
- Horizontal Gene Transfer
- Three Domains (correct)
What were the five recognized kingdoms in the past?
What were the five recognized kingdoms in the past?
- Monera, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia (correct)
- Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
- Monera, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Horizontal Gene Transfer
- Bacteria, Archaea, and Horizontal Gene Transfer
What is horizontal gene transfer?
What is horizontal gene transfer?
- The transfer of genes from the genome of one species to another (correct)
- The transfer of genes within the same species
- The transfer of genes from the genome of one domain to another
- The transfer of genes between plants and animals
What can cause horizontal gene transfer?
What can cause horizontal gene transfer?
Which domain includes prokaryotes?
Which domain includes prokaryotes?
Which domain includes eukaryotes?
Which domain includes eukaryotes?
Which domain includes ancient bacteria?
Which domain includes ancient bacteria?
What did early taxonomists classify all species as?
What did early taxonomists classify all species as?
What is the main difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
What is the main difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
What does Figure 20.22 represent?
What does Figure 20.22 represent?
Which of the following best describes a molecular clock?
Which of the following best describes a molecular clock?
What is the assumption made when using a molecular clock?
What is the assumption made when using a molecular clock?
What determines the difference in clock rate for different genes?
What determines the difference in clock rate for different genes?
What is the role of selectively neutral mutations in molecular clocks?
What is the role of selectively neutral mutations in molecular clocks?
What does a molecular clock estimate?
What does a molecular clock estimate?
What is the purpose of a codon table for mRNA?
What is the purpose of a codon table for mRNA?
Which of the following statements is true about molecular clocks?
Which of the following statements is true about molecular clocks?
What is the purpose of dating the origin of HIV-1 M?
What is the purpose of dating the origin of HIV-1 M?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a molecular clock?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a molecular clock?
What does a molecular clock use to estimate the absolute time of evolutionary change?
What does a molecular clock use to estimate the absolute time of evolutionary change?
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