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topjm [15]
3 years ago
7

Mutations in a gene occur at a rate of one nucleotide every 10 million years. The gene sequence differs by 6 nucleotides between

two related organisms. How long ago did these organisms split from a common ancestor
Biology
1 answer:
ikadub [295]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

Total time split from a common ancestor = 30 million

Explanation:

Given:

Number of nucleotide = 6

Number of organism = 2

Rate one nucleotide = 10 million year

Computation:

Total time split from a common ancestor = [Rate one nucleotide / Number of organism]Number of nucleotide

Total time split from a common ancestor = [10 million / 2] 6

Total time split from a common ancestor = [5 million] 6

Total time split from a common ancestor = 30 million

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