Neco Model Questions Vol1 2020 Biology Question 16
Practice objective / multiple choice question 16 from the 2020 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.
Two populations of a species show a (2\%\) difference in their mitochondrial DNA sequences. If the neutral mutation rate is (0.5\%\) per million years per lineage, estimate the time (in million years) since the populations diverged. A fossil belonging to one population is dated at (1.2\) million years old. Assuming the divergence time applies to both populations, estimate the age (in million years) of the earliest possible fossil from the other population.
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This is Neco Model Questions Vol1 2020 Biology Question 16. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.
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