Q. Which of the following best shown the common origin of man and chimpanzee?

A) Chromosome banding
B) Binocular vision
C) Cranial capacity
D) Dental formula
Explanation

Chromosomes of man and ape have been studied with special staining techniques and has been established that chromosome of man and apes(especially chimpanzee) have similar banding pattern. The comparison in actual sequence of amino acids in the polypeptide chains of haemoglobin of man, chimpanzee and monkey shows that there is absolutely no differences. The molecular structure of cytochrome-c, insulin and serum albumin in man and apes exhibits minimum differences.

Dr. Abubacker
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.

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