Mitochondrial DNA can be used to identify a species based upon

A) NADH dehydrogenase sequences.
B) variation in the mitochondrial rRNA genes.
C) the 648 bp DNA bar code region.
D) the proportion of GC base pairs.
E) the size of the mitochondrial genome.


Answer: C

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