The mitochondrial genome would be most useful for studying evolutionary relationships among which group of organisms?
A)whales (members of the order Cetacea)
B)animals (members of the kingdom Animalia)
C)plants (members of the kingdom Plantae)
D)eukaryotes (members of the domain Eukarya)
E)all organisms (members of domains Bacteria,Archaea,and Eukarya)

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The mitochondrial genome is inherited maternally and has a high mutation rate, which makes it very useful for studying closely related organisms. Therefore, it would be most useful for studying evolutionary relationships among whales (members of the order Cetacea) which are closely related to each other.

The Mitochondrial Genome Would Be Most Useful for Studying Evolutionary