The correlation between the time two species have been evolutionarily separated and the amount of genetic divergence between them is known as the:
A)molecular clock.
B)natural selection.
C)Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
D)artificial selection.
E)Modern Synthesis.

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The correlation between the time two species have been evolutionarily separated and the amount of genetic divergence between them is known as the molecular clock. It is based on the idea that DNA mutations accumulate at a relatively constant rate over time and can be used to estimate the time of evolutionary divergence between species.

The Correlation Between the Time Two Species Have Been Evolutionarily