Hybrid DNA, from which of the following pairings of organisms, would be expected

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Hybrid DNA, from which of the following pairings of organisms, would be expected to have the lowest melting temperature? Use the phylogeny provided above the question to help answer this question.

A., birds and crocodiles

B., birds and bats

C., turtles and crocodiles

D., turtles and birds

Hagfish Lampreys Sharks and rays Ray-finned fish Coelacanths Lungfish Frogs Salamanders Caecilians Amphibians Turtles Lizards and snakes Crocodiles and alligators Birds Bats -Reptiles Flying tetrapods Biology: How Life Works, Second Edition © 2016 W. H. Freeman and Company

Explanation / Answer

B birds and bats is the right answer.

Because the difference in the Tm of the other species in the options are higher. So, the evolutionary distance between the species are larger. So option B seems correct

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