Scientists have succeeded in sequencing the Neanderthal genome with DNA extracted from Neanderthal bones. Information from this project might reveal __________.

What can be learned from comparing the genomes of distantly related species, such as yeast and humans or plants and fruit flies?

Detailed comparison of the human and chimpanzee genomes has revealed that __________.

A gene family has been identified that has undergone extensive duplication in humans but is present in only one or a few copies in other primates or other mammals. What experimental approaches could be used to determine the function of this gene and its significance in human evolution?

What is a valid rationale for sequencing the chimpanzee genome?

Which of the following best describes the experimental evidence that the FOXP2 gene is vital to the normal development of vocalization in vertebrates and yet has evolved among different vertebrate lineages?

The advantage of copy-number variants (CNVs) over SNPs in human genomic studies is that CNVs __________.

Bioinformatics includes(A)using DNA technology to clone genes.(B)using computer programs to align DNA sequences.(C)using a person's genomic sequence to inform decisions about medical treatment.(D)amplifying DNA segments from a species' genome.

(d)Primates and rodents diverged about 65 million years ago, and chimpanzees and humans diverged about 6 million years ago (see Figure 21.17). How many amino acid differences are there between the sequence for the mouse and the sequence for the chimpanzee, gorilla, and rhesus monkey? How many amino acid differences are there between the human se-quence and the sequence for the chimpanzee, gorilla, and rhesus monkey? Based solely on the numbers of amino acid differences occurring over these time periods, what might you hypothesize about the rate of evolution of the FOXP2gene? Based on the information in the chapter regarding the FOXP2 gene, is your hypothesis correct?