A biologist analyzes DNA sequences in three different primates. She finds primates "A" and "B" have almost exactly the same DNA sequences. DNA sequences in primate "C" are significantly different from those of primate "A" and primate "B". This information allows the biologist to infer that

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12 April, 20:17

A biologist analyzes DNA sequences in three different primates. She finds primates "A" and "B" have almost exactly the same DNA sequences. DNA sequences in primate "C" are significantly different from those of primate "A" and primate "B". This information allows the biologist to infer that

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Maximilian Vega · Answer 1

primates A and B are more closely related to each other than they are to primate C

Explanation:

The study and the comparison of DNA sequences of various species is used in decoding genomic information as well as determining closely related or distant related species.

Closely related species are known to have almost the same DNA sequences when studied. For example, chimpanzees are known to be most closely related to humans and this because, studies show that they share about 99% of their DNA with humans. So also, although monkey is a primate, its DNA sequences is significantly different from humans and chimpanzee, making it less closely related to either humans or chimpanzee compared to the relationship between human and chimpanzee.