The Rate of Accumulation of Mutations in Homologous Nucleic Acids

Multiple Choice

The rate of accumulation of mutations in homologous nucleic acids or proteins over time may be sufficiently constant on average to permit

A) dating of divergence times by a molecular clock.
B) identification of cases of homology.
C) use of sequences in molecular phylogeny.
D) all of the above.
E) none of the above.