Question

You are a biologist who is searching for a new species in the Amazon jungle. You find two new species of beetles, beetle A and beetle B, that resemble each other closely but have somewhat different markings on their wings. In addition, both beetle A and beetle B resemble a species of beetle, beetle C, that has already been identified. How could you use DNA similarities and differences to determine whether beetle A and beetle B are more closely related to each other than to beetle C?

Answer 1

Answer: You could use similarities in their base pairs. The more that are the same are more likely to be closely related compared to two beetles with few similar sequences.

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