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a scientist discovers a new organism that is related to clownfish. what…

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a scientist discovers a new organism that is related to clownfish. what can the scientist discover by using molecular clocks? the age of the organism the date that the organism first appeared in the fossil record the amount of time that the two species have been evolving apart the number of years that fish have existed

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Molecular clocks are used to estimate the time since two species diverged from a common ancestor by analyzing genetic changes over time. The age of a single organism, the first appearance in fossil records, or the total existence time of fish are not what molecular clocks determine. They focus on the evolutionary divergence time between related species.

Answer:

the amount of time that the two species have been evolving apart