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Heredity and Evolution — Science STD 10 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ScienceHeredity and Evolution3 Marks
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How does DNA help in defining evolutionary relationship?
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The simplest answer for this question is "using sequence of DNA" the relationship between the organism is determined by their DNA sequence The arrangement of the nucleotides in DNA of the organisms are specific and are determined by the scientist who use this information and compare the sequence and find the similarities thus helping in the defining the evolution relationship of organisms. These information also used to defines the difference between organisms. Scientist also used the gene sequence to find it.

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