Amino Acid Gibbon Lemur Pig Cow Hamster
1 Trytophan Trytophan Trytophan Valine Asparagine
2 Trytophan Trytophan Trytophan Trytophan Trytophan
3 Glutamate Glutamate Glutamate Glutamate Glutamate
4 Leucine Leucine Cysteine Leucine Leucine
5 Trytophan Trytophan Trytophan Trytophan Trytophan
6 Cysteine Cysteine Cysteine Cysteine Cysteine
7 Phenylalanine Trytophan Trytophan Trytophan Trytophan
8 Glutamate Glutamate Glutamate Glutamate Glutamate
9 Valine Valine Valine Valine Valine
10 Cysteine Cysteine Valine Valine Lysine
The table shows the amino acid present at ten positions in the myoglobin protein in five different organisms. Based on this evidence, a researcher could conclude that
Responses
A the two closest relatives are lemurs and gibbons.the two closest relatives are lemurs and gibbons.
B cows are more closely related to gibbons than they are to pigs.cows are more closely related to gibbons than they are to pigs.
C the myoglobin of pigs and cows is more similar than the myoglobin of lemurs and gibbons.the myoglobin of pigs and cows is more similar than the myoglobin of lemurs and gibbons.
D no amino acids at any position of the myoglobin protein remained unchanged across all animals.no amino acids at any position of the myoglobin protein remained unchanged across all animals.