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Why might a scientist choose mitochondrial DNA instead of ribosomal RNA as a molecular clock?
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Why might a scientist choose mitochondrial DNA instead of ribosomal RNA as a molecular clock?

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How is mtDNA useful as a molecular clock? Scientists use the fact that mtDNA is passed down unshuffled to trace mutations back through many generations in a single species.

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