What role does molecular evidence play in determining how closely two species are related to each other?

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Abe Voelker · Answer 1 · 2019-09-26T22:53:52+0000

Mitochondrial DNA mutation occurs at a constant rate throughout history. Thus, each different base in Mitochondrial DNA is able to show just how long ago the 2 species diverged from each other.
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