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Nucleotide differences for a DNA sequence on chromosome 1 are shown for five species. According to the data, which hypothesis is best supported? A) Species 5 is the common ancestor to all other species.
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Nucleotide differences for a DNA sequence on chromosome 1 are shown for five species. According to the data, which hypothesis is best supported? A) Species 5 is the common ancestor to all other species. B) Species 1 and 2 diverged from each other more recently than all other species. C) Species 3 and 4 are able to interbreed successfully due to few nucleotide differences. D) Species 3 has a more recent common ancestor with species 5 than it does with species 1.

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B, species 1 and 2 diverged from each other more recently than all other species.

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