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Which organism has the least differences in the number of amino acids in cytochrome c compared to

humans? Which organism has the greatest difference?

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Using the number of amino acid differences, it would appear that the two birds are more closely related (had a common ancestor very recently), while the two fungi would have to trace their common ancestry much farther back in time (much more distantly related).

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