Molecular Analysis

Question 1

DNA is made up of 4 base pairs what are they?

Answer 1

A,T & C,G

Question 2

what is DNA hybridisation

Answer 2

DNA hybridisation is the technique used to identify similarity in DNA. The more strands that bind, the more similar the organisms. The less strands that bind the less similar the organisms.

Question 3

what is a molecular clock

Answer 3

• a technique that uses the mutation rate to deduce when two or more life forms diverged
• the most like each other at the end and the most unlike each other at the start