Protein sequence comparisons

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• What are some examples of protein sequence comparisons?
• Why is protein sequencing useful?
• What is the function of RNA in protein sequencing?
• If a protein common to two different species has many amino acid differences, what can be concluded?
• BLAST is a computational tool used by genome biologists to do what?
• Why can comparisons of protein similarity between species can reveal the degree of genetic kinship?