Carl Woese and George Fox derived the three-domain system based on ____.
A) comparing shared morphological characters
B) determining the activities of molecular replicators
C) comparing sequences of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes
D) analyzing membrane lipid composition
E) searching for introns in the genomes

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Carl Woese and George Fox derived the three-domain system by comparing sequences of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, which provided a molecular means to explore the evolutionary relationships among organisms.

Carl Woese and George Fox Derived the Three-Domain System Based