Scientists can determine relatedness among organisms by comparing partial amino acid sequences. The table shows four partial amino acid sequences from four organisms.
Organism 1 SER LEU VAL GLU
Organism 2 LEU SER ASN VAL
Organism 3 ALA LEU SER GLU
Organism 4 THR LEU SER GLU
(1 point)
Responses
Organism 1
Organism 1
Organism 2
Organism 2
Organism 3
Organism 3
Organism 4
Organism 4
The relatedness among the organisms based on the partial amino acid sequences provided is as follows:
Organism 1 is most closely related to Organism 3
Organism 2 is most closely related to Organism 1
Organism 3 is most closely related to Organism 4