Question

Number of Amino Acid Differences between Species

Species 1 Species 2 Species 3 Species 4
Species 1 0
74
7
65
Species 2 74
0
29
13
Species 37
29
81
Species 4 65
13
81
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WHICH TWO SPECIES ARE LEAST CLOSELY RELATED?
a
Species 1 & 2
Species 1&3
Species 2 & 3
Species 3 & 4

Answer 1

table below shows the number of differences in the sequences between each pair of species. THE NUMBER OF AMINO ACID DIFFERENCES IN CYTOCHROME . c AMONG FIVE SPECIES E. ferus D. polylepis G. gallus A. forsteri E. africanus E. ferus 0 21 11 13 1 D. polylepis 0 18 17 20 G. gallus 0 3 10 A. forsteri 0 12 E. africanus 0