Molecular Clock Hypothesis Notes. so, what about the molecular clock hypothesis? This concept has been useful for.
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First previous next last index text. the molecular clock is a figurative term for a technique that uses the mutation rate of biomolecules to deduce the time in prehistory when two or more life forms diverged. The molecular clock hypothesis was put forward by zuckerkandl and pauling in 1962.
The Molecular Clock Hypothesis
•the evolutionary relationships between humans and other primates; the molecular clock hypothesis postulates that the rate of evolution in a macromolecule is approximately constant per year over time and among different. the “molecular clock,” proposed in the 1960s (zuckerkandl and pauling, 1962, 1965 ), allows evolutionary timescales to be estimated using genetic data. These changes, or mutations, accumulate.
