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Discuss molecular homology as an evidence of organic evolution.

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Similarities of organisms at molecular level is called molecular homology e.g. proteins found in the blood of man and apes are similar. The phylogeny of an organism can be traced by using the base sequence in nucleic acids and amino acid sequence of proteins in related organisms.
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