Multiple Choice
Molecular evolutionists are able to study evolution directly using research models such as viruses, bacteria, and unicellular eukaryotes because substitution rates are related to _______ rather than to _______.
A) size of genome; size of noncoding DNA
B) generation time; absolute time
C) a gene's sequence length; it's nucleotide composition
D) absolute time; generation time
E) size of noncoding DNA; size of genome
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