To determineconclusively that the 13 Galápagos finch species are descended from a common ancestor, biologists

utilized ____.



a. Darwin's notebooks describing his observations
b. comparative molecular biology
c. comparative embryology
d. Mendelian genetics
e. modern historical biogeography and Darwin's observations


ANSWER: b

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