Why do you think people often compare the
changes between
childhood to adulthood to
the butterfly's life cycle?

How is ribosomal rna useful as a molecular clock? a. a large portion of the dna ring is not vital to structure or function, allowing it to accumulate neutral mutations. b. its rate of mutation increases over time as organisms continue to evolve and differentiate from each other. c. a slow mutation rate makes it useful for determining evolutionary relationships between ancient species. d. it is only found in select organisms, making it easier to compare relationships between species that have it.

Which list is in order from simplest to most complex? a bacteria - virus - plant - protist b protist - bacteria - virus - plant c virus - bacteria - plant - protist d virus - bacteria - protist - plant

Which of the following determines the specificity of a dna probe? a. type of radiation b. level of enzymatic activity c. number of neutrons d. complementary base pairing