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colleen colleen
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12 years ago
Explain why recA, the gene encoding recombinase enzyme in Bacteria, is not used in evolutionary studies.
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12 years ago
The recA gene has a highly conserved nucleotide sequence. Because its nucleotide sequence is very similar throughout Bacteria, there are not enough differences to merit it a useful phylogenetic marker.
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