Lecture 15 - Ch 16 - Microbial Evolution & Systematics Flashcards
1
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Fossilized microbial mats consisting of layers of filamentous prokaryotes and trapped sediment
A
stromatolites
2
Q
which hypothesis states that Life originated at hydrothermal springs on ocean floor
A
subsurface origin hypothesis
3
Q
Changes in the nucleotide sequence of an organism’s genome
A
mutations
4
Q
Evolutionary history of a group of organisms
A
phylogeny
