Multiple Choice
Humans and chimpanzees diverged about 6 million years ago. If 12 nucleotide substitutions have occurred between human and chimpanzee lineages in a sequence of mitochondrial DNA, and 36 have occurred between humans and gibbons, humans and gibbons, according to the molecular clock, separated _______ million years ago.
A) 2
B) 6
C) 12
D) 18
E) 36
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