018-2004

MO640 - Multiple-choice question

Regarding DNA evolution models, we can say that:

1. The Jukes-Cantor model is more refined than the Kimura model, since it ignores transitions, rare in nature, and considers only transversions, which are more common mutations.
2. The Kimura model is inefficient because it has only two parameters, one for the probability of a mutation occuring, and one for the probability of the position remaining unchanged.
3. The Jukes-Cantor model is more refined than the Kimura model because it takes into consideration the variation in mutation rates in different positions along the length of the sequence.
4. The Kimura model is more refined than the Jukes-Cantor by taking into account the difference that normally exists between the transversion rate and the transition rate.
5. None of the above

Original idea by: José Augusto Amgarten Quitzau
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