Answer:
It is true that one-toed horse of today steadily evolved from its five-toed ancestor.
Explanation:
- Evolution is the law of nature.There is a continuous process of evolution in each biological species in nature.
- Similarly, horses had 5 toes millions of year back, but according to the theory of gradualism their use decreased and toes started fusing.
- Now, its only one toe at present but the vestigial left over provides the solid evidence for the fact that horses had 5 toes in the past.
Telomerase is a mutation in which gene would explain this observation. Telomerase<span>, also called terminal transferase, is a ribonucleoprotein that adds a species-dependent telomere repeat sequence to the 3' end of telomeres. A telomere is a region of repetitive sequences at each end of a eukaryotic chromosomes in most eukaryotes.</span>
