NEET 2004 Biology question

What kind of evidence suggested that man is more closely related with chimpanzee than with other hominoid apes ?

(1)Comparison of chromosomes morphology only
(2)Evidence from fossil remains and the fossil mitochondrial DNA alone
(3)Evidence from DNA extracted from sex chromosomes, autosomes & mitochondriaCorrect
(4)Evidence from DNA from sex chromosomes only

Answer: (3)

Solution

The close relationship between humans and chimpanzees (about 98-99% DNA similarity) has been established by comparing DNA from all genomic components: the sex chromosomes, the autosomes and the mitochondrial genome, together

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