Question

What are molecular clocks ? Who invented it ?​

Answer 1

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Molecular clocks is a figurative term for a technique that uses Mutation rates of biomolecules to deduce the time in prehistory when two or more life forms diverged .

Emile Zukerkandle and Linus pouling in 1962.

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Answer 2

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Molecular clock. A hypothesis that predicts a constant rate of molecular evolution among species. It is also a method of genetic analysis that can be used to estimate evolutionary rates and timescales using data from DNA or proteins.


It was invented by Émile Zuckerkandl and Linus Pauling in 1962