Although the bryozoans and brachiopods each possess a characteristic lophophore, recent molecular evidence suggests the two phyl
a are not as closely related as once thought. Associate the following characteristics with the appropriate phyla 1. Individuals resemble clams
2. Colonies resemble moss
3. Anus opening near mouth
4. Dorsal and ventral valves
5. Possesses a chitinous Zoecium
6. May have no anus
Brachiopoda Bryozoa
Information is not passed on through DNA but through molecules having an influence on the DNA of the new generation. This is one argument against Lamarck's ideas.
Based only on the DNA, which populations do you think live in closer proximity to each other? What do you expect to see when comparing genes of lions that live closer together?
