literallyhan
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Can you guys check my answer to this? I think its C but I'm not really sure. Could you please help? This is the question: The mitochondrial DNA sequence that is shared by two species has a steady mutation rate. Scientists determine the sequences of these two species to be as follows:
 
Species A: CAGGCCATTATG
Species B: CCAGCCTATAGG
 
This DNA sequence has a known mutation rate, which the scientists used to calculate that the species diverged from a common ancestor 80 million years ago. Using this information, how much more time do you predict will pass before these species differ by a total of eight base pairs?
A.) 160 million years
B.) 32 million years
C.) 48 million years
D.) 240 million years

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i think  the answer should be B

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Pollywaggg

I think the answer is B, B-cause the formula is base pair times mutation, over number of species. They are asking how much time will pass before these species differ by a total of 8 base pairs, with the mutation rate of 80 million. Therefore 8 times 80 million is 640 million. Divide that by the number of species we got, which is two, and ya get 32 million. Ba Baum! Anyways I hope this helps!