Evidence for Evolution: Embryology & Molecular Biology
Comparing developmental stages and DNA sequences to determine evolutionary distance.
Key Questions
- Explain why embryos of different vertebrates look so similar in early development.
- Analyze how molecular clocks use mutation rates to estimate when two species diverged.
- Justify how the universality of the genetic code supports the idea of a single common ancestor.
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