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geoffrey

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on: Jul 14, 2013
Which of these would, if it had acted upon a gene, prevent this gene from acting as a reliable molecular clock?
A) neutral mutations
B) genetic drift
C) mutations within introns
D) natural selection
E) most substitution mutations involving an exonic codon's third position


penguins

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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2013
Easy! It's D. Bye for now :D


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