What is a genetic clock?

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Dr Birendra Kumar Mishra
Mar 6, 2017

Genetic data are used for calculation of prehistoric life forms.

Explanation:

It is a technique of caculation of mutation rate. By the calculating the rate of mutation, we may conclude the history of divergence of life forms from a point. In this technique, the sequences of nucleotides, amino acids etc., are calculated. Thank you

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