Are Some Mice More Similar Than Other Mice?

There's a pattern across these three genes and you can do it for every single gene in the genome where the mouse is going to be very similar to the other rodents. And so of course, most marsupials don't look a lot like rodents, right? We have the Tasmanian devil here. You've got the bushtail possum. You've Got the koala. You'veGot the wombat. But when you compare the marsupial moles with those that look nothing like them, they are much more similar on the protein and gene level than two animals that look a lotLike it. The reason why is because of convergent evolution. Dr. Thompson: I

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