Which of the Following Does Not Provide Molecular Evidence for Evolution

Question

Which of the following does not provide molecular evidence for evolution?
A)The 1,000-fold differences in nonsynonymous substitutions between some genes
B)The existence of pseudogenes
C)The fact that high-expression genes use amino acids that are less energetically costly than those used by low-expression genes
D)The fact that there is a lower rate of nucleotide substitutions in coding regions than in noncoding regions of genes
E)All these are molecular evidence for evolution

Accepted Answer

All the options listed (A through D) provide molecular evidence for evolution. They illustrate various ways in which genetic changes and patterns can be observed and interpreted to support the theory of evolution, such as differences in gene substitutions, the existence of pseudogenes, the energy efficiency in amino acid usage, and the differential rates of nucleotide substitutions in coding versus noncoding regions.