In your lab you are studying the genome of venomous rattlesnakes to find the gene which codes for their venom glands. One rattlesnake has a mutation and cannot produce venom. You compare his DNA to a normal rattlesnake. What type of mutation has occurred?
Normal: AATCGCTACGCACGTCAG
Mutated: AATCGCCATGCACGTCAG
A. Point mutation
B. Inversion
C. Deletion
D. Insertion

Cladistics is a way of classifying organisms by examining the characteristics of their ancestors and descendants and depicting the relationships in a cladogram. which of the following best describes a challenge in classifying organisms this way? a. there are millions of species on earth, and a cladogram is not a practical means for classifying all of them. b. it is impossible to tell which organisms are most closely related to each other using a cladogram. c. cladograms are detail-oriented and do not provide a useful understanding of evolutionary relationships. d. there is a limited number of ways to organize the information, so most cladograms end up looking very similar.